diff --git a/BaseLib/ConfigTree.cpp b/BaseLib/ConfigTree.cpp
index bc7be50d3365e52f7f236de7e18c55935b4dcffe..ab87cca03bd5a1fbb27dfbf4f5da5a5d3b3dd3d7 100644
--- a/BaseLib/ConfigTree.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/ConfigTree.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 #include <forward_list>
 #include <utility>
-#include "Logging.h"
 
 #include "Error.h"
+#include "Logging.h"
 
 // Explicitly instantiate the boost::property_tree::ptree which is a typedef to
 // the following basic_ptree.
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ static std::forward_list<std::string> configtree_destructor_error_messages;
 
 namespace BaseLib
 {
-
 const char ConfigTree::pathseparator = '/';
 const std::string ConfigTree::key_chars_start = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 const std::string ConfigTree::key_chars = key_chars_start + "_0123456789";
@@ -84,17 +83,18 @@ ConfigTree::~ConfigTree()
         return;
     }
 
-    try {
+    try
+    {
         checkAndInvalidate();
-    } catch (std::exception& e) {
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e)
+    {
         ERR("{:s}", e.what());
         configtree_destructor_error_messages.push_front(e.what());
     }
 }
 
-ConfigTree&
-ConfigTree::
-operator=(ConfigTree&& other)
+ConfigTree& ConfigTree::operator=(ConfigTree&& other)
 {
     checkAndInvalidate();
 
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ operator=(ConfigTree&& other)
     return *this;
 }
 
-ConfigTree
-ConfigTree::
-getConfigParameter(std::string const& root) const
+ConfigTree ConfigTree::getConfigParameter(std::string const& root) const
 {
     auto ct = getConfigSubtree(root);
     if (ct.hasChildren())
@@ -133,25 +131,22 @@ std::optional<ConfigTree> ConfigTree::getConfigParameterOptional(
     return ct;
 }
 
-Range<ConfigTree::ParameterIterator>
-ConfigTree::
-getConfigParameterList(const std::string &param) const
+Range<ConfigTree::ParameterIterator> ConfigTree::getConfigParameterList(
+    const std::string& param) const
 {
     checkUnique(param);
     markVisited(param, Attr::TAG, true);
 
     auto p = tree_->equal_range(param);
 
-    return Range<ParameterIterator>(
-                ParameterIterator(p.first,  param, *this),
-                ParameterIterator(p.second, param, *this));
+    return Range<ParameterIterator>(ParameterIterator(p.first, param, *this),
+                                    ParameterIterator(p.second, param, *this));
 }
 
-ConfigTree
-ConfigTree::
-getConfigSubtree(std::string const& root) const
+ConfigTree ConfigTree::getConfigSubtree(std::string const& root) const
 {
-    if (auto t = getConfigSubtreeOptional(root)) {
+    if (auto t = getConfigSubtreeOptional(root))
+    {
         return std::move(*t);
     }
     error("Key <" + root + "> has not been found.");
@@ -171,21 +166,19 @@ std::optional<ConfigTree> ConfigTree::getConfigSubtreeOptional(
     return std::nullopt;
 }
 
-Range<ConfigTree::SubtreeIterator>
-ConfigTree::
-getConfigSubtreeList(std::string const& root) const
+Range<ConfigTree::SubtreeIterator> ConfigTree::getConfigSubtreeList(
+    std::string const& root) const
 {
     checkUnique(root);
     markVisited(root, Attr::TAG, true);
 
     auto p = tree_->equal_range(root);
 
-    return Range<SubtreeIterator>(
-                SubtreeIterator(p.first,  root, *this),
-                SubtreeIterator(p.second, root, *this));
+    return Range<SubtreeIterator>(SubtreeIterator(p.first, root, *this),
+                                  SubtreeIterator(p.second, root, *this));
 }
 
-void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigParameter(const std::string &param) const
+void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigParameter(const std::string& param) const
 {
     checkUnique(param);
     // if not found, peek only
@@ -193,7 +186,7 @@ void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigParameter(const std::string &param) const
     markVisited(param, Attr::TAG, peek_only);
 }
 
-void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigAttribute(const std::string &attr) const
+void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigAttribute(const std::string& attr) const
 {
     checkUniqueAttr(attr);
 
@@ -204,18 +197,18 @@ void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigAttribute(const std::string &attr) const
     markVisited(attr, Attr::ATTR, peek_only);
 }
 
-void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigParameterAll(const std::string &param) const
+void ConfigTree::ignoreConfigParameterAll(const std::string& param) const
 {
     checkUnique(param);
     auto& ct = markVisited(param, Attr::TAG, true);
 
     auto p = tree_->equal_range(param);
-    for (auto it = p.first; it != p.second; ++it) {
+    for (auto it = p.first; it != p.second; ++it)
+    {
         ++ct.count;
     }
 }
 
-
 void ConfigTree::error(const std::string& message) const
 {
     onerror_(filename_, path_, message);
@@ -229,16 +222,15 @@ void ConfigTree::warning(const std::string& message) const
     onwarning_(filename_, path_, message);
 }
 
-
 void ConfigTree::onerror(const std::string& filename, const std::string& path,
-                            const std::string& message)
+                         const std::string& message)
 {
     OGS_FATAL("ConfigTree: In file `{:s}' at path <{:s}>: {:s}", filename, path,
               message);
 }
 
 void ConfigTree::onwarning(const std::string& filename, const std::string& path,
-                              const std::string& message)
+                           const std::string& message)
 {
     WARN("ConfigTree: In file `{:s}' at path <{:s}>: {:s}", filename, path,
          message);
@@ -254,14 +246,15 @@ void ConfigTree::assertNoSwallowedErrors()
     ERR("ConfigTree: There have been errors when parsing the configuration "
         "file(s):");
 
-    for (auto const& msg : configtree_destructor_error_messages) {
+    for (auto const& msg : configtree_destructor_error_messages)
+    {
         ERR("{:s}", msg);
     }
 
     OGS_FATAL("There have been errors when parsing the configuration file(s).");
 }
 
-std::string ConfigTree::shortString(const std::string &s)
+std::string ConfigTree::shortString(const std::string& s)
 {
     const std::size_t maxlen = 100;
 
@@ -270,19 +263,25 @@ std::string ConfigTree::shortString(const std::string &s)
         return s;
     }
 
-    return s.substr(0, maxlen-3) + "...";
+    return s.substr(0, maxlen - 3) + "...";
 }
 
-
 void ConfigTree::checkKeyname(std::string const& key) const
 {
-    if (key.empty()) {
+    if (key.empty())
+    {
         error("Search for empty key.");
-    } else if (key_chars_start.find(key.front()) == std::string::npos) {
+    }
+    else if (key_chars_start.find(key.front()) == std::string::npos)
+    {
         error("Key <" + key + "> starts with an illegal character.");
-    } else if (key.find_first_not_of(key_chars, 1) != std::string::npos) {
+    }
+    else if (key.find_first_not_of(key_chars, 1) != std::string::npos)
+    {
         error("Key <" + key + "> contains illegal characters.");
-    } else if (key.find("__") != std::string::npos) {
+    }
+    else if (key.find("__") != std::string::npos)
+    {
         // This is illegal because we use parameter names to generate doxygen
         // page names. Thereby "__" acts as a separator character. Choosing
         // other separators is not possible because of observed limitations
@@ -291,10 +290,11 @@ void ConfigTree::checkKeyname(std::string const& key) const
     }
 }
 
-std::string ConfigTree::
-joinPaths( const std::string &p1, const std::string &p2) const
+std::string ConfigTree::joinPaths(const std::string& p1,
+                                  const std::string& p2) const
 {
-    if (p2.empty()) {
+    if (p2.empty())
+    {
         error("Second path to be joined is empty.");
     }
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ joinPaths( const std::string &p1, const std::string &p2) const
     return p1 + pathseparator + p2;
 }
 
-void ConfigTree::checkUnique(const std::string &key) const
+void ConfigTree::checkUnique(const std::string& key) const
 {
     checkKeyname(key);
 
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ void ConfigTree::checkUnique(const std::string &key) const
     }
 }
 
-void ConfigTree::checkUniqueAttr(const std::string &attr) const
+void ConfigTree::checkUniqueAttr(const std::string& attr) const
 {
-    // Workaround for handling attributes with xml namespaces and uppercase letters.
+    // Workaround for handling attributes with xml namespaces and uppercase
+    // letters.
     if (attr.find(':') != std::string::npos)
     {
         auto pos = decltype(std::string::npos){0};
@@ -327,7 +328,8 @@ void ConfigTree::checkUniqueAttr(const std::string &attr) const
         // That means, attributes containing a colon are also allowed to contain
         // uppercase letters.
         auto attr2 = attr;
-        do {
+        do
+        {
             pos = attr2.find_first_of(":ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", pos);
             if (pos != std::string::npos)
             {
@@ -348,30 +350,29 @@ void ConfigTree::checkUniqueAttr(const std::string &attr) const
     }
 }
 
-ConfigTree::CountType&
-ConfigTree::
-markVisited(std::string const& key, Attr const is_attr, bool const peek_only) const
+ConfigTree::CountType& ConfigTree::markVisited(std::string const& key,
+                                               Attr const is_attr,
+                                               bool const peek_only) const
 {
     return markVisited<ConfigTree>(key, is_attr, peek_only);
 }
 
-void
-ConfigTree::
-markVisitedDecrement(Attr const is_attr, std::string const& key) const
+void ConfigTree::markVisitedDecrement(Attr const is_attr,
+                                      std::string const& key) const
 {
     auto const type = std::type_index(typeid(nullptr));
 
     auto p = visited_params_.emplace(std::make_pair(is_attr, key),
                                      CountType{-1, type});
 
-    if (!p.second) { // no insertion happened
+    if (!p.second)
+    {  // no insertion happened
         auto& v = p.first->second;
         --v.count;
     }
 }
 
-bool
-ConfigTree::hasChildren() const
+bool ConfigTree::hasChildren() const
 {
     auto const& tree = *tree_;
     if (tree.begin() == tree.end())
@@ -386,8 +387,7 @@ ConfigTree::hasChildren() const
     return true;
 }
 
-void
-ConfigTree::checkAndInvalidate()
+void ConfigTree::checkAndInvalidate()
 {
     if (!tree_)
     {
@@ -415,48 +415,59 @@ ConfigTree::checkAndInvalidate()
     // iterate over attributes
     if (auto attrs = tree_->get_child_optional("<xmlattr>"))
     {
-        for (auto const& p : *attrs) {
+        for (auto const& p : *attrs)
+        {
             markVisitedDecrement(Attr::ATTR, p.first);
         }
     }
 
     for (auto const& p : visited_params_)
     {
-        auto const& tag   = p.first.second;
+        auto const& tag = p.first.second;
         auto const& count = p.second.count;
 
-        switch (p.first.first) {
-        case Attr::ATTR:
-            if (count > 0) {
-                warning("XML attribute '" + tag + "' has been read " +
-                        std::to_string(count) +
-                        " time(s) more than it was present in the "
-                        "configuration tree.");
-            } else if (count < 0) {
-                warning("XML attribute '" + tag + "' has been read " +
-                        std::to_string(-count) +
-                        " time(s) less than it was present in the "
-                        "configuration tree.");
-            }
-            break;
-        case Attr::TAG:
-            if (count > 0) {
-                warning("Key <" + tag + "> has been read " + std::to_string(count)
-                        + " time(s) more than it was present in the configuration tree.");
-            } else if (count < 0) {
-                warning("Key <" + tag + "> has been read " + std::to_string(-count)
-                        + " time(s) less than it was present in the configuration tree.");
-            }
+        switch (p.first.first)
+        {
+            case Attr::ATTR:
+                if (count > 0)
+                {
+                    warning("XML attribute '" + tag + "' has been read " +
+                            std::to_string(count) +
+                            " time(s) more than it was present in the "
+                            "configuration tree.");
+                }
+                else if (count < 0)
+                {
+                    warning("XML attribute '" + tag + "' has been read " +
+                            std::to_string(-count) +
+                            " time(s) less than it was present in the "
+                            "configuration tree.");
+                }
+                break;
+            case Attr::TAG:
+                if (count > 0)
+                {
+                    warning("Key <" + tag + "> has been read " +
+                            std::to_string(count) +
+                            " time(s) more than it was present in the "
+                            "configuration tree.");
+                }
+                else if (count < 0)
+                {
+                    warning("Key <" + tag + "> has been read " +
+                            std::to_string(-count) +
+                            " time(s) less than it was present in the "
+                            "configuration tree.");
+                }
         }
     }
 
-    // The following invalidates this instance, s.t. it can not be read from it anymore,
-    // but it also prevents double-checking.
+    // The following invalidates this instance, s.t. it can not be read from it
+    // anymore, but it also prevents double-checking.
     tree_ = nullptr;
 }
 
-
-void checkAndInvalidate(ConfigTree &conf)
+void checkAndInvalidate(ConfigTree& conf)
 {
     conf.checkAndInvalidate();
 }
diff --git a/BaseLib/DateTools.cpp b/BaseLib/DateTools.cpp
index 3558de5977e934b47ad3832b18e400c4b42f4535..28ddc226a87e88f758280e8837e54324264f3431 100644
--- a/BaseLib/DateTools.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/DateTools.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace BaseLib
 {
 int date2int(int y, int m, int d)
 {
-    if ( (y < 1000 || y > 9999) || (m < 1 || m > 12) || (d < 1 || d > 31) )
+    if ((y < 1000 || y > 9999) || (m < 1 || m > 12) || (d < 1 || d > 31))
     {
         WARN("date2int(): Input not in expected range.");
         return 0;
@@ -95,40 +95,40 @@ std::string date2string(double ddate)
     {
         month = "0" + month;
     }
-    std::string s =  std::to_string(y) + "-" + month + "-" + day;
+    std::string s = std::to_string(y) + "-" + month + "-" + day;
     return s;
 }
 
-int strDate2int(const std::string &s)
+int strDate2int(const std::string& s)
 {
     std::string str(s);
     if (s.length() > 10)
     {
         str = s.substr(0, 10);
     }
-    std::size_t sep ( str.find('.',0) );
-    int d ( atoi(str.substr(0, sep).c_str()) );
-    std::size_t sep2 ( str.find('.', sep + 1) );
-    int m ( atoi(str.substr(sep + 1,sep2 - (sep + 1)).c_str()) );
-    int y ( atoi(str.substr(sep2 + 1, s.length() - (sep2 + 1)).c_str()) );
+    std::size_t sep(str.find('.', 0));
+    int d(atoi(str.substr(0, sep).c_str()));
+    std::size_t sep2(str.find('.', sep + 1));
+    int m(atoi(str.substr(sep + 1, sep2 - (sep + 1)).c_str()));
+    int y(atoi(str.substr(sep2 + 1, s.length() - (sep2 + 1)).c_str()));
     return date2int(y, m, d);
 }
 
-int xmlDate2int(const std::string &s)
+int xmlDate2int(const std::string& s)
 {
     if (s.length() == 10)
     {
-        int d = atoi(s.substr(8,2).c_str());
+        int d = atoi(s.substr(8, 2).c_str());
         if (d < 1 || d > 31)
         {
             WARN("xmlDate2double(): day not in [1:31].");
         }
-        int m = atoi(s.substr(5,2).c_str());
+        int m = atoi(s.substr(5, 2).c_str());
         if (m < 1 || m > 12)
         {
             WARN("xmlDate2double(): month not in [1:12].");
         }
-        int y = atoi(s.substr(0,4).c_str());
+        int y = atoi(s.substr(0, 4).c_str());
         return date2int(y, m, d);
     }
     return 0;
@@ -140,9 +140,10 @@ std::string formatDate(
     auto const time_t = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(time);
     char time_str[100];
     if (std::strftime(time_str, sizeof(time_str), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z",
-                      std::localtime(&time_t))) {
+                      std::localtime(&time_t)))
+    {
         return time_str;
     }
     return "FAILED FORMATTING THE GIVEN TIME POINT.";
 }
-} // end namespace BaseLib
+}  // end namespace BaseLib
diff --git a/BaseLib/FileTools.cpp b/BaseLib/FileTools.cpp
index a70cd564db3c97cf03e5ff7a9e614572d420af1a..2cb4c7bb0990e2f6a94c782ec56af7c815015fa4 100644
--- a/BaseLib/FileTools.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/FileTools.cpp
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <unordered_map>
+#include "FileTools.h"
+
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <typeindex>
+#include <unordered_map>
 
-#include "FileTools.h"
 #include "Error.h"
 #include "filesystem.h"
 
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
-
 namespace
 {
 /// The directory where the prj file resides.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace BaseLib
 /**
  * Returns true if given file exists.
  */
-bool IsFileExisting(const std::string &strFilename)
+bool IsFileExisting(const std::string& strFilename)
 {
     return fs::exists(fs::path(strFilename));
 }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool substituteKeyword(std::string& result, std::string& parenthesized_string,
 
     std::unordered_map<std::type_index, char> type_specification;
     type_specification[std::type_index(typeid(int))] = 'd';
-    type_specification[std::type_index(typeid(double))] = 'f'; // default
+    type_specification[std::type_index(typeid(double))] = 'f';  // default
     type_specification[std::type_index(typeid(std::string))] = 's';
 
     auto const& b = precision_specification.back();
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ double swapEndianness(double const& v)
     {
         double v;
         char c[sizeof(double)];
-    } a {}, b {};
+    } a{}, b{};
 
     a.v = v;
     for (unsigned short i = 0; i < sizeof(double) / 2; i++)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ std::string extractBaseNameWithoutExtension(std::string const& pathname)
     return dropFileExtension(basename);
 }
 
-std::string getFileExtension(const std::string &path)
+std::string getFileExtension(const std::string& path)
 {
     return fs::path(path).extension().string();
 }
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ bool hasFileExtension(std::string const& extension, std::string const& filename)
     return boost::iequals(extension, getFileExtension(filename));
 }
 
-std::string copyPathToFileName(const std::string &file_name,
-                               const std::string &source)
+std::string copyPathToFileName(const std::string& file_name,
+                               const std::string& source)
 {
     auto filePath = fs::path(file_name);
-    if(filePath.has_parent_path())
+    if (filePath.has_parent_path())
     {
         return filePath.string();
     }
@@ -244,4 +244,4 @@ void removeFiles(std::vector<std::string> const& files)
         removeFile(file);
     }
 }
-} // end namespace BaseLib
+}  // end namespace BaseLib
diff --git a/BaseLib/IO/Writer.cpp b/BaseLib/IO/Writer.cpp
index be8c08e720e888ddfb3fccdb598c3098835077dd..a686743c2342457c8a277b5e2137688728d6125e 100644
--- a/BaseLib/IO/Writer.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/IO/Writer.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ namespace BaseLib
 {
 namespace IO
 {
-
 Writer::Writer()
 {
     out.precision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10);
diff --git a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
index 6564e5c028447801d3a311df411d8f3e5f18888b..46e68abad28f75b71e845766a3ea474290392c47 100644
--- a/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/IO/XmlIO/Qt/XMLQtInterface.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ namespace IO
 {
 XMLQtInterface::XMLQtInterface(QString schemaFile)
     : schemaFile_(std::move(schemaFile))
-{}
+{
+}
 
-int XMLQtInterface::readFile(const QString &fileName)
+int XMLQtInterface::readFile(const QString& fileName)
 {
     fileName_ = fileName;
     QFile file(fileName);
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ int XMLQtInterface::isValid() const
         auto url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(path);
         schema.load(url);
     }
-    if ( schema.isValid() )
+    if (schema.isValid())
     {
-        QXmlSchemaValidator validator( schema );
+        QXmlSchemaValidator validator(schema);
         if (validator.validate(fileData_))
         {
             return 1;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ bool XMLQtInterface::checkHash() const
     }
 
     QFile fileMD5(md5FileName);
-    if(fileMD5.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+    if (fileMD5.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
     {
         fileMD5.write(fileHash);
         fileMD5.close();
diff --git a/BaseLib/Logging.cpp b/BaseLib/Logging.cpp
index f8e94466809061256dde29fcd22d2880a355a76a..3142046ed90792ec566f5df91d38e695fc6ac948 100644
--- a/BaseLib/Logging.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/Logging.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 #include "Logging.h"
 
-#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h>
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 
 #include <map>
 
diff --git a/BaseLib/MemWatch.cpp b/BaseLib/MemWatch.cpp
index 379338a9090a3c92cd7661909cba87b7ab4ca397..216451b274362b8483b3f115645b54c7e466b8bc 100644
--- a/BaseLib/MemWatch.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/MemWatch.cpp
@@ -15,51 +15,51 @@
 #include "MemWatch.h"
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
-#include <fstream>
-#include <string>
-#include <sstream>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#endif
 
-namespace BaseLib {
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#endif
 
-MemWatch::MemWatch ()
+namespace BaseLib
 {
-        updateMemUsage ();
+MemWatch::MemWatch()
+{
+    updateMemUsage();
 }
 
-unsigned MemWatch::updateMemUsage ()
+unsigned MemWatch::updateMemUsage()
 {
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
-        std::string fname ("/proc/");
-        std::stringstream str_pid;
-        str_pid << static_cast<unsigned> (getpid());
-        fname += str_pid.str();
-        fname += "/statm";
-        unsigned pages;
+    std::string fname("/proc/");
+    std::stringstream str_pid;
+    str_pid << static_cast<unsigned>(getpid());
+    fname += str_pid.str();
+    fname += "/statm";
+    unsigned pages;
 
-        std::ifstream in (fname.c_str(), std::ios::in);
-        if (!in.is_open())
-        {
-            perror( "open" );
-            return 1;
-        }
+    std::ifstream in(fname.c_str(), std::ios::in);
+    if (!in.is_open())
+    {
+        perror("open");
+        return 1;
+    }
 
-        in >> pages;
-        vmem_size_ = static_cast<unsigned long>(pages) *
-                     static_cast<unsigned long>(getpagesize());
-        in.close ();
+    in >> pages;
+    vmem_size_ = static_cast<unsigned long>(pages) *
+                 static_cast<unsigned long>(getpagesize());
+    in.close();
 #endif
 
-        return 0;
+    return 0;
 }
 
-unsigned long MemWatch::getVirtMemUsage ()
+unsigned long MemWatch::getVirtMemUsage()
 {
-        updateMemUsage ();
-        return vmem_size_;
+    updateMemUsage();
+    return vmem_size_;
 }
 
-} // end namespace BaseLib
-
+}  // end namespace BaseLib
diff --git a/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp b/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
index 269cab3ad5c15c11574dc78bf4e49b11063707d7..dd7ef12887ac0fd061111f0c768effb85073ec35 100644
--- a/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ std::vector<std::string> splitString(std::string const& str)
     std::istringstream str_stream(str);
     std::vector<std::string> items;
     std::copy(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(str_stream),
-        std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
-        std::back_inserter(items));
+              std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
+              std::back_inserter(items));
     return items;
 }
 
-std::list<std::string> splitString(const std::string &str, char delim)
+std::list<std::string> splitString(const std::string& str, char delim)
 {
     std::list<std::string> strList;
     std::stringstream ss(str);
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ std::list<std::string> splitString(const std::string &str, char delim)
     return strList;
 }
 
-std::string replaceString(const std::string &searchString,
-                          const std::string &replaceString,
+std::string replaceString(const std::string& searchString,
+                          const std::string& replaceString,
                           std::string stringToReplace)
 {
     boost::replace_all(stringToReplace, searchString, replaceString);
     return stringToReplace;
 }
 
-void trim(std::string &str, char ch)
+void trim(std::string& str, char ch)
 {
     std::string::size_type pos = str.find_last_not_of(ch);
-    if(pos != std::string::npos)
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
     {
         str.erase(pos + 1);
         pos = str.find_first_not_of(ch);
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ void trim(std::string &str, char ch)
     }
 }
 
-void simplify(std::string &str)
+void simplify(std::string& str)
 {
-    trim (str);
-    str.erase(
-        std::unique(str.begin(), str.end(), [](char a, char b) { return a == ' ' && b == ' '; }),
-        str.end()
-    );
+    trim(str);
+    str.erase(std::unique(str.begin(),
+                          str.end(),
+                          [](char a, char b) { return a == ' ' && b == ' '; }),
+              str.end());
 }
 
-std::string format(const char* format_str, ... )
+std::string format(const char* format_str, ...)
 {
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, format_str);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ std::string format(const char* format_str, ... )
     int char_length = std::vsnprintf(nullptr, 0, format_str, args_tmp);
     va_end(args_tmp);
     // allocate buffer and store formatted output there
-    std::vector<char> buffer(char_length + 1); // note +1 for null terminator
+    std::vector<char> buffer(char_length + 1);  // note +1 for null terminator
     vsnprintf(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), format_str, args);
     va_end(args);
 
diff --git a/BaseLib/Subdivision.cpp b/BaseLib/Subdivision.cpp
index bac3c58e49050bd98702d31ac84d057e796970d2..178a85ec05c6493c8449457f7c6a6b574b6cb9a1 100644
--- a/BaseLib/Subdivision.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/Subdivision.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 #include "Subdivision.h"
 
+#include <BaseLib/Error.h>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
 
-#include <BaseLib/Error.h>
-
 namespace BaseLib
 {
 GradualSubdivision::GradualSubdivision(const double L,
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ GradualSubdivision::GradualSubdivision(const double L,
 {
     // Check if accumulated subdivisions can ever sum up to length.
     // Cf. geometric series formula.
-    if (multiplier < 1.0 && dL0 / (1.0 - multiplier) < L) {
+    if (multiplier < 1.0 && dL0 / (1.0 - multiplier) < L)
+    {
         OGS_FATAL(
             "Using dL0={:g} and multiplier={:g} the generated subdivisions can "
             "not sum up to a total length of {:g}.",
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ std::vector<double> GradualSubdivision::operator()() const
 
     double x = 0;
     unsigned i = 0;
-    do {
+    do
+    {
         vec_x.push_back(x);
         x += std::min(max_dL_,
                       dL0_ * std::pow(multiplier_, static_cast<double>(i)));
@@ -76,14 +78,17 @@ std::vector<double> GradualSubdivisionFixedNum::operator()() const
     subdivisions.push_back(0.0);
     auto const q = multiplier_;
 
-    if (q == 1.0) {
+    if (q == 1.0)
+    {
         double const dx = length_ / num_subdivisions_;
 
         for (std::size_t i = 1; i < num_subdivisions_; ++i)
         {
             subdivisions.push_back(dx * i);
         }
-    } else {
+    }
+    else
+    {
         // compute initial subdivision size
         auto const a =
             length_ * (q - 1.0) / (std::pow(q, num_subdivisions_) - 1.0);