diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index beae3a5..bfaec0d 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -2,5 +2,88 @@
     "C_Cpp.default.compileCommands": "${workspaceFolder}/build/compile_commands.json",
     "C_Cpp.default.cppStandard": "c++17",
     "C_Cpp.default.cStandard": "c11",
-    "C_Cpp.default.intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64"
+    "C_Cpp.default.intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64",
+    "C_Cpp.clang_format_style": "file",
+    "C_Cpp.clang_format_fallbackStyle": "none",
+    "C_Cpp.clang_format_path": "",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.braces": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.multiLineRelativeToOpeningBrace": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.withinParentheses": "indent",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.preserveWithinParentheses": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.caseLabels": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.caseContents": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.caseContentsWhenBlock": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.lambdaBracesWhenParameter": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.gotoLabels": "leftmostColumn",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.preprocessor": "leftmostColumn",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.accessSpecifiers": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.indent.namespaceContents": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeOpenBrace.namespace": "newLine",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeOpenBrace.type": "newLine",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeOpenBrace.function": "newLine",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeOpenBrace.block": "newLine",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeOpenBrace.lambda": "newLine",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeElse": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeCatch": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeWhileInDoWhile": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeFunctionOpenParenthesis": "remove",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.withinParameterListParentheses": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.betweenEmptyParameterListParentheses": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.afterKeywordsInControlFlowStatements": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.withinControlFlowStatementParentheses": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeLambdaOpenParenthesis": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.withinCastParentheses": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.afterCastCloseParenthesis": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.withinExpressionParentheses": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeBlockOpenBrace": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.betweenEmptyBraces": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeInitializerListOpenBrace": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.withinInitializerListBraces": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.preserveInInitializerList": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeOpenSquareBracket": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.withinSquareBrackets": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeEmptySquareBrackets": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.betweenEmptySquareBrackets": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.groupSquareBrackets": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.withinLambdaBrackets": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.betweenEmptyLambdaBrackets": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeComma": false,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.afterComma": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.removeAroundMemberOperators": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeInheritanceColon": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.beforeConstructorColon": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.removeBeforeSemicolon": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.insertAfterSemicolon": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.removeAroundUnaryOperator": true,
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.aroundBinaryOperator": "insert",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.aroundAssignmentOperator": "insert",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.pointerReferenceAlignment": "right",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.space.aroundTernaryOperator": "insert",
+    "C_Cpp.vcFormat.wrap.preserveBlocks": "oneLiners",
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+    "editor.formatOnType": true,
+    "editor.rulers": [100],
+    "editor.tabSize": 8,
+    "editor.insertSpaces": false,
+    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+    "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
+    "[c]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-vscode.cpptools",
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+        "editor.tabSize": 8,
+        "editor.insertSpaces": false
+    },
+    "[cpp]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-vscode.cpptools",
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+        "editor.tabSize": 8,
+        "editor.insertSpaces": false
+    },
+    "[h]": {
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-vscode.cpptools",
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+        "editor.tabSize": 8,
+        "editor.insertSpaces": false
+    }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/install_clang_format_hook.sh b/scripts/install_clang_format_hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7af81ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_clang_format_hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Function to print error messages in red
+print_error() {
+  echo -e "\033[0;31mError: $1\033[0m"
+}
+
+# Check if clang-format is available
+if ! command -v clang-format &> /dev/null
+then
+  print_error "clang-format is not installed or not in your PATH. Please install it to use this pre-commit hook."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Define the pre-commit hook content
+HOOK_CONTENT='''#!/bin/bash
+
+# Function to print error messages in red
+print_error() {
+  echo -e "\033[0;31mError: $1\033[0m"
+}
+
+# Check if clang-format is available
+if ! command -v clang-format &> /dev/null
+then
+  print_error "clang-format is not installed or not in your PATH. Cannot format files."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get all staged C/C++/Objective-C/C++ files
+FILES_TO_FORMAT=$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep -E "\.(c|h|cpp|hpp|cc|hh|cxx|hxx|m|mm)$")
+
+if [ -z "$FILES_TO_FORMAT" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+for FILE in $FILES_TO_FORMAT
+do
+  # Check if the file exists and is a regular file
+  if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
+    # Format the file and check for changes
+    clang-format -style=file -i "$FILE"
+    if ! git diff --quiet "$FILE"; then
+      git add "$FILE"
+      echo "Formatted $FILE with clang-format."
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+
+exit 0
+'''
+
+# Install the pre-commit hook
+HOOK_PATH=".git/hooks/pre-commit"
+
+# Create the hooks directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p .git/hooks
+
+echo "$HOOK_CONTENT" > "$HOOK_PATH"
+chmod +x "$HOOK_PATH"
+
+echo "Git pre-commit hook for clang-format installed successfully."