{
  config,
  pkgs,
  lib,
  ...
}: {
  home.file = {
    ".clangd".text = ''
      # keeps clangd from choking when it sees a compiler flag for a different
      # compiler. (sutch as when acting as an lsp for a project that uses GCC.)
      CompileFlags:
        Add: -Wno-unknown-warning-option
        Remove: [-m*, -f*]
    '';
    ".clang-format".text = ''
      ---
      #this syncronizes with settings used by neovims treesitters so that the lsp formatting and treesitter formatting do not fight eatch other.
      PointerAlignment: Left
      ColumnLimit: 80
      IndentWidth: 4
      TabWidth: 4
      UseCRLF: false
      UseTab: Never
      AlignAfterOpenBracket: BlockIndent
      AlwaysBreakBeforeMultilineStrings: true
      BreakBeforeBraces: Attach
      AlignOperands: Align
      BreakBeforeBinaryOperators: NonAssignment
      ...
    '';
    "work/.clang-format" = lib.mkIf config.host.git.workProfile.enable{
      text = ''
        ---
        #this syncronizes with settings used by neovims treesitters so that the lsp formatting and treesitter formatting do not fight eatch other.
        PointerAlignment: Left
        ColumnLimit: 80
        IndentWidth: 4
        TabWidth: 4
        UseCRLF: false
        UseTab: Never
        AlignAfterOpenBracket: BlockIndent
        AlwaysBreakBeforeMultilineStrings: true
        BreakBeforeBraces: Allman
        BreakBeforeBinaryOperators: None
        ...
      '';
    };
  };
}