diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c22aaeb..3991c1d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@ Makefile*
 
 # documentation
 /doc
+
+# clang-format
+/.clang-format
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f5ba7b..8ba4493 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ set(META_VERSION_PATCH 2)
 set(META_PUBLIC_SHARED_LIB_DEPENDS c++utilities)
 set(META_PUBLIC_STATIC_LIB_DEPENDS c++utilities_static)
 set(META_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS LEGACY_API)
+set(META_NO_TIDY ON)
 
 # find c++utilities
 find_package(c++utilities 4.7.0 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/global.h b/global.h
index 36ed530..3499063 100644
--- a/global.h
+++ b/global.h
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 #include <c++utilities/application/global.h>
 
 #ifdef TAG_PARSER_STATIC
-# define TAG_PARSER_EXPORT
-# define TAG_PARSER_IMPORT
+#define TAG_PARSER_EXPORT
+#define TAG_PARSER_IMPORT
 #else
-# define TAG_PARSER_EXPORT LIB_EXPORT
-# define TAG_PARSER_IMPORT LIB_IMPORT
+#define TAG_PARSER_EXPORT LIB_EXPORT
+#define TAG_PARSER_IMPORT LIB_IMPORT
 #endif
 
 /*!