CodingGuidelines.md

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+## Static analysis
+
+Various static checks can be performed on the code using `clang-tidy`. A `.clang-tidy` file is provided in both `dynare.git` and `preprocessor.git`, that enables a number of checks.
+
+### Running static checks with meson
+
+When `clang-tidy` is installed, Meson is able to autodetect it and then
+creates a rule for checking the whole git repository (NB: this does not
+recurse into submodules). That rule can be invoked with:
+
+```
+ninja -C <builddir> clang-tidy
+```
+
+It is also possible to automatically apply some fixes
+(requires Meson 1.3 or higher):
+```
+ninja -C <builddir> clang-tidy-fix
+```
+
+### Running static checks within the GitLab pipeline
+
+Pipelines for both `dynare.git` and `preprocessor.git` have a `test_clang_tidy` job that can be run manually from GitLab.
+