diff --git a/scripts/clang-format-apply.sh b/scripts/clang-format-apply.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b0a364e9dffb12483c1235206f2489660349725b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clang-format-apply.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# This is apllying clang-format 
+# by doing a filtering step and then 
+#  applying ./scripts/clang-format-and-fix-macros.sh
+#
+
+# check that we are in a clean state in order to prevent accidential
+# changes
+if [ ! -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then 
+  echo "Script must be applied on a clean git state"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# Retrieve list of files that were changed in source branch
+# with respect to master (target branch)
+tb="master"
+# we disregard the test/static_analysis directory since this contains LLVM code + headers
+filelist=`git diff ${tb}... --name-only | grep -v -i -e linkdef | grep -v -e nudy -e cmsToyGV -e examples/physics/Geant4`
+
+# function to check if C++ file (based on suffix)
+# can probably be done much shorter
+function checkCPP(){
+    if [[ $1 == *.cc ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.cpp ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.cxx ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.C ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.c++ ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.c ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.CPP ]];then
+	return 0
+	# header files
+    elif [[ $1 == *.h ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.hpp ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.hh ]];then
+	return 0
+    elif [[ $1 == *.icc ]];then
+	return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+echo
+echo "Checking formatting using the following clang-format version:"
+clang-format --version
+echo 
+
+# check list of files
+for f in $filelist; do
+    if checkCPP $f; then
+	echo "CHECKING MATCHING FILE ${f}"
+	# apply the clang-format script
+	./scripts/clang-format-and-fix-macros.sh ${f}
+    fi
+done
+
+# check if something was modified
+notcorrectlist=`git status | grep "modified"`
+# if nothing changed ok
+if [[ -z $notcorrectlist ]]; then
+  # send a negative message to gitlab
+  echo "Excellent. **VERY GOOD FORMATTING!** :thumbsup:"
+  exit 0;
+else
+  echo "The following files have clang-format problems (showing patches)";
+  for f in $notcorrectlist; do
+      echo $f
+      git diff $f
+  done
+fi
+
+exit 1
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/clang-format-test.sh b/scripts/clang-format-test.sh
index 40f7fb5258450b4e8b4a56f6ed944ffe0759051f..4098577be72d8ff793afc5394d4897aba4e9948d 100755
--- a/scripts/clang-format-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/clang-format-test.sh
@@ -6,83 +6,12 @@
 # the result of applying ./scripts/clang-format-and-fix-macros.sh
 #
 
-# check that we are in a clean state in order to prevent accidential
-# changes
-if [ ! -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then 
-  echo "Script must be applied on a clean git state"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-
-# Retrieve list of files that were changed in source branch
-# with respect to master (target branch)
-tb="master"
-# we disregard the test/static_analysis directory since this contains LLVM code + headers
-filelist=`git diff ${tb}... --name-only | grep -v -i -e linkdef | grep -v -e nudy -e cmsToyGV -e examples/physics/Geant4`
-
-# function to check if C++ file (based on suffix)
-# can probably be done much shorter
-function checkCPP(){
-    if [[ $1 == *.cc ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.cpp ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.cxx ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.C ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.c++ ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.c ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.CPP ]];then
-	return 0
-	# header files
-    elif [[ $1 == *.h ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.hpp ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.hh ]];then
-	return 0
-    elif [[ $1 == *.icc ]];then
-	return 0
-    fi
-    return 1
-}
-
-echo
-echo "Checking formatting using the following clang-format version:"
-clang-format --version
-echo 
+./scripts/clang-format-apply.sh
+res=$?
 
-# check list of files
-for f in $filelist; do
-    if checkCPP $f; then
-	echo "CHECKING MATCHING FILE ${f}"
-	# apply the clang-format script
-	./scripts/clang-format-and-fix-macros.sh ${f}
-    fi
-done
-
-# check if something was modified
-notcorrectlist=`git status | grep "modified"`
-# if nothing changed ok
-if [[ -z $notcorrectlist ]]; then
-  # send a negative message to gitlab
-  echo "Excellent. **VERY GOOD FORMATTING!** :thumbsup:"
-  exit 0;
-else
-  echo "The following files have clang-format problems (showing patches)";
-  for f in $notcorrectlist; do
-      echo $f
-      git diff $f
-  done
+if [ $res -eq 0 ] ; then 
+   # cleanup changes in git
+   echo git reset HEAD --hard
 fi
 
-# cleanup changes in git
-git reset HEAD --hard
-
-exit 1
-
-
-
+exit $res