From e059efe0d8fc0607de8feac6602a97d6e0007f9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shijing xian <shijing.xian@livekit.io>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:03:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add instruction to add pre-commit clang-format hook

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 README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82c79f8e..af6da1db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -481,9 +481,10 @@ In some cases, you may need to perform a full clean that deletes all build artif
 ```
 
 ### Clang format
-CPP SDK is using clang C++ format
+CPP SDK is using clang C++ format, and set up the pre-commit hook (run once):
 ```bash
 brew install clang-format
+printf '#!/bin/sh\necho "Running clang-format..."\nFILES=$(git diff --cached --name-only -- "*.cpp" "*.cc" "*.h" "*.hpp")\n[ -z "$FILES" ] && exit 0\nfor f in $FILES; do clang-format -i "$f"; git add "$f"; done\necho "clang-format completed."\n' > .git/hooks/pre-commit && chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
 ```