import subprocess try: run_args = ["git", "clang-format"] print("Running clang-format...") output = subprocess.check_output(run_args) print output changed_list = output.split('\n') if changed_list[0] == 'changed files:': changed_list.pop(0) for changed in changed_list: if len(changed.strip()) > 0: add_output = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'add', changed.strip()]) if len(add_output) > 0: print(add_output) exit(0) except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: print(e.output) exit(1) except Exception as e: print "Clang format not installed; please install: ", e exit(0)