diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
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+---
+BasedOnStyle: Google
+...
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v2.4.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-added-large-files
+    -   id: check-case-conflict
+    -   id: check-json
+    -   id: check-merge-conflict
+    -   id: check-xml
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+-   repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v1.1.7
+    hooks:
+    -   id: remove-crlf
+    -   id: forbid-tabs
+        # JS/XML/CSS/CMake can contain tabs
+        exclude: \.(cmake|js|xml|css)$
+# see https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks#forbid--remove-some-unicode-characters
+-   repo: local
+    hooks:
+    -   id: forbid-unicode-non-breaking-spaces
+        name: Detect unicode non-breaking space character U+00A0 aka M-BM-
+        language: system
+        entry: perl -ne 'print if $m = /\xc2\xa0/; $t ||= $m; END{{exit $t}}'
+        files: ''
+    -   id: forbid-en-dashes
+        name: Detect the EXTREMELY confusing unicode character U+2013
+        language: system
+        entry: perl -ne 'print if $m = /\xe2\x80\x93/; $t ||= $m; END{{exit $t}}'
+        files: ''
+    -   id: clang-format
+        name: Format C/C++ code using clang-format.
+        language: system
+        files: \.(c|cc|cxx|cpp|h|hpp|hxx|ipp)$
+        entry: bin/admin/clang-format.sh
+        args: [--style=file -i]
diff --git a/bin/admin/clang-format.sh b/bin/admin/clang-format.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# these are the versions of clang-format that are supported required
+supported_clang_format_versions="16 17"
+preferred_clang_format_version=""  # prefer most recent supported clang-format version
+for v in $supported_clang_format_versions; do
+  preferred_clang_format_version=$v
+done
+
+# append common locations of clang-format to PATH
+unameOut="$(uname -s)"
+case "${unameOut}" in
+    Darwin*)
+      extra_path=""
+      for v in $supported_clang_format_versions; do
+        extra_path=/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@$v/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/clang-format@$v/bin:$extra_path
+      done
+      # postpend paths, but preferring more recent versions
+      export PATH=$PATH:$extra_path:/opt/homebrew/bin
+    ;;
+esac
+
+path_to_clang_format=`which clang-format`
+have_supported_clang_format_version=0
+if [[ "X$path_to_clang_format" != "X" ]]; then
+
+  # check clang-format version
+  clang_format_version=`clang-format --version | sed 's/.* version //' | awk -F'[.]' '{print $1}'`
+
+  #echo "supported_clang_format_versions=\"$supported_clang_format_versions\" clang_format_version=$clang_format_version"
+
+  # if found clang-format, but wrong version, check if docker is available
+  for v in $supported_clang_format_versions; do
+    if [[ $clang_format_version -eq $v ]]; then
+      have_supported_clang_format_version=1
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+if [[ $have_supported_clang_format_version -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "WARNING: found clang-format with unsupported version $clang_format_version (supported versions: $supported_clang_format_versions)"
+
+  # look for docker
+  path_to_docker=`which docker`
+  if [[ "X$path_to_docker" = "X" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: docker is not found either, PATH=$PATH, install one of supported clang-format versions (any of these: $supported_clang_format_versions) or install docker"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  # if docker up?
+  docker info >/dev/null 2>&1
+  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: docker is found but not running, start it"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  # use docker to run clang-format
+  mount_path=$(readlink -f "$HOME")
+
+  # convert file names in the arguments to relative paths
+  args=""
+  for i in "$@"; do
+    # skip options
+    if [[ "$i" == -* ]]; then
+      args="$args $i"
+      continue
+    fi
+    abs_file_path=$(readlink -f "$i")
+    if [[ "X$abs_file_path" = "X" ]]; then
+      echo "ERROR: given file $i is not found"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    dir=$(dirname $abs_file_path)
+    file_path_relative_to_project_root=$(basename $abs_file_path)
+    while [[ "$dir" != "$mount_path" && "$dir" != "/" ]]; do
+      file_path_relative_to_project_root="$(basename $dir)/$file_path_relative_to_project_root"
+      dir=$(dirname $dir)
+      #echo "dir=$dir file_path_relative_to_project_root=$file_path_relative_to_project_root"
+    done
+    if [[ "$dir" == "/" ]]; then
+      echo "ERROR: given file $i (absolute path $abs_file_path) is not under \$HOME=$mount_path, cannot use docker-based clang-format in this case"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    args="$args /hostHOME/$file_path_relative_to_project_root"
+  done
+  docker run --platform linux/x86_64 -v $mount_path:/hostHOME xianpengshen/clang-tools:$preferred_clang_format_version clang-format $args
+else
+  #echo "found $path_to_clang_format with required version $clang_format_version"
+  clang-format $*
+fi