diff --git a/Framework/.clang-format b/.clang-format
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rename from Framework/.clang-format
rename to .clang-format
diff --git a/Framework/.github/format-check b/.github/format-check
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rename from Framework/.github/format-check
rename to .github/format-check
diff --git a/Framework/.github/workflows/format-check.yml b/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
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rename from Framework/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
rename to .github/workflows/format-check.yml
diff --git a/SimCore/.clang-format b/SimCore/.clang-format
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----
-BasedOnStyle: Google
diff --git a/SimCore/.github/format-check b/SimCore/.github/format-check
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-#!/bin/bash
-#   formatting using the ldmx/dev image which has clang-format in it
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-
-if [ -z "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE+x}" ]; then
-  # we are not in github actions so we need to error out
-  echo "ERROR: this script expects to be run in GitHub actions so should not be run locally."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-ldmx() {
-  docker \
-    run \
-    --rm \
-    --volume ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} \
-    --env LDMX_BASE=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} \
-    ldmx/dev:latest \
-    ${PWD}
-    $@
-}
-find include/ -type f >  ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/files-to-format.list
-find src/ -type f     >> ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/files-to-format.list
-ldmx clang-format --verbose -Werror --dry-run $(cat ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/files-to-format.list)
diff --git a/SimCore/.github/workflows/format-check.yml b/SimCore/.github/workflows/format-check.yml
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-name: Check Format
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'trunk'
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  clang-format:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: run format check
-        run: ./.github/format-check