What is Flint?

Flint is a tool designed to streamline the development process by allowing developers to maintain their personal coding style preferences while ensuring a consistent codebase across collaborative projects. By integrating seamlessly with Git, Flint automatically formats code during git operations, keeping the remote repository clean and consistent without imposing style constraints on individual developers.

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Flint is currently in alpha. Contributions are warmly welcomed.

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Key Features

• Local Style Freedom: Developers can code using their preferred formatting styles locally, enhancing productivity and personal comfort.
• Remote Consistency: Flint ensures that the remote codebase adheres to agreed-upon style guidelines, making collaboration smoother and code reviews more efficient.
• Seamless Integration: Flint works with Git to automate code formatting, reducing the overhead of manual style adjustments and keeping commits focused on functional changes.
• Customizable Configuration: Easily configure Flint to support various linters and formatters, tailoring it to your project's specific needs.

Benefits of Using Flint

• Improved Collaboration: Teams can work together more effectively, as Flint handles style differences automatically.
• Cleaner Commits: By separating style changes from functional changes, Flint keeps commit histories clean and focused.
• Flexibility: Supports any linters and formatters as long as they are installed, making it adaptable to various project requirements.