Add clang-format v18 workflow and configuration

.clang-format

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 ---
-#------------------------------------
+BasedOnStyle: LLVM
-# Configuration for clang-format v12
+Standard:     Auto # let the formatter accept any C++ standard
-#------------------------------------
 
-Language: Cpp
+# =============================================================================
+# Indentation
+# =============================================================================
+TabWidth:                          2
+ContinuationIndentWidth:           2
+ConstructorInitializerIndentWidth: 2
+NamespaceIndentation:              All        # everything inside namespace is indented
+IndentCaseLabels:                  true       # case labels at switch-body indent level
+IndentCaseBlocks:                  true       # indent block inside case label
+IndentExternBlock:                 Indent
+IndentWrappedFunctionNames:        true       # keep function name at same indent as return type
+IndentPPDirectives:                BeforeHash # nested #if / #include get indented before the #
+PPIndentWidth:                     2
 
-BasedOnStyle: Chromium
+# =============================================================================
+# Braces & line-break style
+# =============================================================================
+BreakBeforeBraces:               Allman
+BreakConstructorInitializers:    BeforeComma   # colon on new line, commas lead
+BreakInheritanceList:            BeforeComma
+BreakBeforeBinaryOperators:      NonAssignment
+BreakStringLiterals:             false
+AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations: Yes           # template <…> always on its own line
 
-SortIncludes: true
+# =============================================================================
-IncludeBlocks: Preserve
+# Short statements
+# =============================================================================
+AllowShortBlocksOnASingleLine:     Empty
+AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine:  Empty  # only empty bodies: void f() {}
+AllowShortCaseLabelsOnASingleLine: true   # case X: stmt; break; on one line
+AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine:      true
+AllowShortLambdasOnASingleLine:    Inline
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Empty lines
+# =============================================================================
+KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: false
+EmptyLineBeforeAccessModifier:    Always # blank line before public:/private:/protected:
+EmptyLineAfterAccessModifier:     Always # blank line after  public:/private:/protected:
+InsertNewlineAtEOF:               true
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Spacing
+# =============================================================================
+SpacesInAngles:            Leave # preserve C++03 "> >" vs C++11 ">>"
+SpacesInContainerLiterals: false
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Alignment
+# =============================================================================
+PointerAlignment:             Left # T* ptr, const T& ref
+ReferenceAlignment:           Left
+AlignConsecutiveAssignments:  true
+AlignConsecutiveDeclarations: true
+AlignConsecutiveBitFields:    true
+AlignConsecutiveMacros:       true # align macro bodies
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Line length and wrapping
+# =============================================================================
+ColumnLimit:    0
+ReflowComments: true # preserve hand-formatted comment rulers
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Includes
+# =============================================================================
 IncludeCategories:
   - Regex:    '^(<|")(.*/)?platform\.h(>|")$'
-    Priority: 1
+    Priority: -1
-  - Regex:    '.*'
+  # everything else gets the default priority (0)
-    Priority: 2
 
-BinPackParameters: false
+# =============================================================================
-BitFieldColonSpacing: Both
+# Arguments, parameters and constructor initialisers
+# =============================================================================
+PackConstructorInitializers: Never # each initialiser on its own line
 
-BreakBeforeBraces: Allman
+# =============================================================================
-BreakConstructorInitializers: BeforeComma
+# Namespaces and using declarations
+# =============================================================================
+SortUsingDeclarations: Lexicographic
 
-AllowShortBlocksOnASingleLine: false
+# =============================================================================
-AllowShortCaseLabelsOnASingleLine: true
+# Macro-aware formatting
-AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: None
+# =============================================================================
-AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: false
+# ETL-specific macros that should be treated as statement-level constructs
+StatementMacros:
+  - ETL_DECLARE_DEBUG_COUNT
+  - ETL_INCREMENT_DEBUG_COUNT
+  - ETL_DECREMENT_DEBUG_COUNT
+  - ETL_ADD_DEBUG_COUNT
+  - ETL_STATIC_ASSERT
 
-AllowAllArgumentsOnNextLine: true
+# Macros that behave like attributes or specifiers.
-AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: true
+AttributeMacros:
+  - ETL_NODISCARD
+  - ETL_NORETURN
+  - ETL_DEPRECATED
 
-ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine: 'true'
+# Macros that behave like type names
-ConstructorInitializerIndentWidth: '2'
+TypenameMacros:
+  - ETL_OR_STD
 
-NamespaceIndentation: All
+# Do not reformat these macros — they contain DSL-like content
-IndentPPDirectives: BeforeHash
+WhitespaceSensitiveMacros:
-PointerAlignment: Left
+  - ETL_ERROR_TEXT
-ColumnLimit: '0'
+  - ETL_DECLARE_ENUM_TYPE
-ContinuationIndentWidth: '2'
+  - ETL_ENUM_TYPE
-UseTab: Never
+  - ETL_END_ENUM_TYPE
-TabWidth: '2'
-IndentWidth: '2'
-AccessModifierOffset : '-2'
-IndentCaseLabels: false
-Cpp11BracedListStyle: 'true'
-AlignAfterOpenBracket: Align
-AlignConsecutiveDeclarations: true
-
-#------------------------------------
-# Configurations not supported by clang-format v12
-#------------------------------------
-# BreakInheritanceList: AfterComma
-# EmptyLineBeforeAccessModifier: Always
-# EmptyLineAfterAccessModifier: Always
-# ReferenceAlignment: Left
-
-...

.github/workflows/clang-format.yaml

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+name: clang-format
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master, development, pull-request/* ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master, development, pull-request/* ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  clang-format:
+    name: clang-format
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install clang-format and git
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git clang-format
+          clang-format --version
+
+      - name: Run clang-format on added/changed files
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request" ]; then
+            BEFORE="origin/${{ github.base_ref }}"
+          elif [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "push" ]; then
+            BEFORE="${{ github.event.before }}"
+          else
+            echo "Unsupported event: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "This is likely a bug in the workflow configuration. Please report it to the maintainers."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          git diff --name-only -z --diff-filter=AMCR "$BEFORE"..HEAD -- \
+            '*.c' '*.cc' '*.cxx' '*.cpp' \
+            '*.h' '*.hh' '*.hpp' '*.hxx' \
+            '*.ipp' '*.inl' \
+            ':(exclude)include/etl/generators/*' \
+            | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty clang-format --Werror -n --style=file