From d7f882f0c494a1d9b9ca7005f9b1d25a9614729d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Bolton <nick@symless.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 11:38:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: Include clang-format version in lint summary

This could help confused developers understand why their clang-format is working differently to CI
---
 .github/actions/lint-check/action.yml | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/lint-check/action.yml b/.github/actions/lint-check/action.yml
index 227ae16d8..7c210f3ed 100644
--- a/.github/actions/lint-check/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/lint-check/action.yml
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ runs:
       run: |
         code_block="\`\`\`"
 
-        summary=$(cat<<EOF
-        ❌ \`clang-format\`: It looks like your changes don't match our code style.
+        clang_version=$(clang-format --version | sed -n 's/^.*version //p')
+
+        summary=$(cat <<EOF
+        ❌ \`clang-format\` \`v${clang_version}\`: It looks like your changes don't match our code style.
 
         🛠️ Please either run \`clang-format -i\` on the file or apply this patch with \`git apply\`:
 
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ runs:
         $code_block diff
         ${{ steps.changes.outputs.diff }}
         $code_block
+
+        Hint: Install the right version of \`clang-format\`, e.g.: \`pipx install --global clang-format==${clang_version}\`
         EOF
         )
         echo "$summary" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY