diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml.disabled b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml.disabled
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b154a3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml.disabled
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: clang-format check 
+
+on:
+  pull_request: 
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  check-fmt:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
+    name: "clang-format"
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip lint]')"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2 
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 
+      - name: Run clang-format 
+        run: |
+            # This magic invocation to find will: 
+            # - list every file ending in .hpp or .cpp recursively in 
+            #   - ./lib
+            #   - ./test 
+            # unless the path contains a directory named 3rdparty in it
+            find ./lib ./test -type d -name "3rdparty" -prune -false -o -type f -iname "*.cpp" -o -iname "*.hpp" -print0 | xargs -0 clang-format --style=file -Werror --dry-run
+
+