How to feed Visual Studio Clang-Format plugin with clang-format file?

Question

So I downloaded, installed, and inserted into path the clang formatting plugin. I also tested it and it works for Google (Mozilla, etc.) formatting options out of the box, y

Answer 1

Go to Tools->Options->LLVM/Clang->ClangFormat and put file in the Style option field.

Then place your style file named .clang-format (this is the full filename, not an extension) either in the source file's directory or one of its parent directories. Windows Explorer won't let you create filenames with leading . so you need to go to the console for this.