diff --git a/.github/workflows/file_format.py b/.github/workflows/file_format.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3ae5f457e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/file_format.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print("Invalid usage of file_format.py, it should be called with a path to one or multiple files.")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+BOM = b"\xef\xbb\xbf"
+
+changed = []
+invalid = []
+
+for file in sys.argv[1:]:
+    try:
+        with open(file, "rt", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            original = f.read()
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        invalid.append(file)
+        continue
+
+    if original == "":
+        continue
+
+    EOL = "\n"
+    WANTS_BOM = False
+
+    revamp = EOL.join([line.rstrip("\n\r\t ") for line in original.splitlines(True)]).rstrip(EOL) + EOL
+
+    new_raw = revamp.encode(encoding="utf-8")
+    if not WANTS_BOM and new_raw.startswith(BOM):
+        new_raw = new_raw[len(BOM) :]
+    elif WANTS_BOM and not new_raw.startswith(BOM):
+        new_raw = BOM + new_raw
+
+    with open(file, "rb") as f:
+        old_raw = f.read()
+
+    if old_raw != new_raw:
+        changed.append(file)
+        with open(file, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(new_raw)
+
+if changed:
+    for file in changed:
+        print(f"FIXED: {file}")
+
+if invalid:
+    for file in invalid:
+        print(f"REQUIRES MANUAL CHANGES: {file}")
+    sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bded0dc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+default_language_version:
+  python: python3
+
+exclude: |
+  (?x)^(
+    3rdparty/.*|
+    bindings/.*|
+    include/bgfx/c99/bgfx\.h|
+    .*\.bin\.h|
+    .*\.ttf\.h$
+  )
+
+repos:
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: file-format
+        name: file-format
+        language: python
+        entry: python .github/workflows/file_format.py
+        types_or: [text]