implement format changes

.github/workflows/build-check.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
             submodules: recursive
 
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ jobs:
             if ! make; then
             echo "The application has failed to build."
             exit 1  # This will cause the workflow to fail
-            fi
+            fi

.github/workflows/format-check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Code Style Check
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  formatting-check:
+    name: Check format of C
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
+    - name: Run clang-format style check for C/C++ sources
+      uses: Northeastern-Electric-Racing/clang-format-action@main
+      with:
+        clang-format-version: '18'
+        # only check core, embedded base covered internally
+        check-path: "Core/"
+        # use the clang-format from embedded base
+        format-filepath: "./Drivers/Embedded-Base/clang-format"

Core/.clang-format-ignore

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+./*/stm32*
+./*/sys*
+./*/FreeRTOS*
+./*/freertos*
+./*/main*
+./Startup/*