Build the newest version of clang-format from LLVM

1. Clone the LLVM project from github.

git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git

2. Create the build directory in the llvm-project

cd llvm-project
mkdir build
cd build

3. Complie clang-format

cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DLLVM_BUILD_STATIC=true -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang" ../llvm
ninja clang-format
strip clang-format

cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DLLVM_BUILD_STATIC=true -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;clang-tools-extra" ../llvm

CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING
This configures the optimization level for make or ninja builds.

Possible values:

Build Type	Optimizations	Debug Info	Assertions	Best suited for
Release	For Speed	No	No	Users of LLVM and Clang
Debug	None	Yes	Yes	Developers of LLVM
RelWithDebInfo	For Speed	Yes	No	Users that also need Debug
MinSizeRel	For Size	No	No	When disk space matters

4. Check clang-format version

llvm-project/build/bin/clang-format --version
clang-format version 17.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git 01fa764c9a3473f2c63241ac5e874019e666f405)