This directory can house various tools and utilities.
How to use astyle
Manually
For all files
Run from toxcore directory:
astyle --options=./other/astyle/astylerc ./toxcore/*.c ./toxcore/*.h ./testing/*.c ./toxav/*.c ./toxav/*.h ./other/*.c ./other/bootstrap_daemon/*.c ./toxencryptsave/*.c ./toxencryptsave/*.h ./auto_tests/*.c
For selected file
Run from toxcore directory, e.g. for tox.h file:
astyle --options=./other/astyle/astylerc ./toxcore/tox.h
Automatically, as pre-commit hook (*NIX only)
Copy astylerc to toxcore/.git/hooks
Why
astylerc - this file can be used in the pre-commit hook to try its best at making the code conform to the coding style of toxcore.
Furthermore, it is being used to format tox.h after using apidsl to generate it.