build: drop Python 3.10 and require filelock 4.2.1

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.15", "3.14", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.15", "3.14", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1

AGENTS.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 ## Project in a Nutshell
 
-A pre-commit hook repo that auto-installs and runs `clang-format` and `clang-tidy` from Python wheels. Supports Python 3.10+ (tested 3.10–3.15) on Windows, Linux, macOS.
+A pre-commit hook repo that auto-installs and runs `clang-format` and `clang-tidy` from Python wheels. Supports Python 3.11+ (tested 3.11–3.15) on Windows, Linux, macOS.
 
 **Entry points** (defined in `pyproject.toml`):
 - `clang-format-hook` → `cpp_linter_hooks/clang_format.py:main`

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Thanks for your interest in contributing to `cpp-linter-hooks`!
 
 ## Setup
 
-You'll need Python 3.10+ and [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/).
+You'll need Python 3.11+ and [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/).
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/cpp-linter/cpp-linter-hooks.git

cpp_linter_hooks/util.py

@@ -315,8 +315,7 @@ def _install_lock():
     the lock, every batch runs ``pip install`` into the same directory at once.
     If the lock is not free within 5 minutes, or the file system does not support
     locks (some NFS mounts), the hook runs unlocked, as before. The limit also
-    covers filelock 3.x, which keeps retrying when the file system refuses the
-    lock, and a stale lock file left by a crashed process.
+    covers a stale lock file left by a crashed process.
     filelock is imported here because it is only needed to install, and
     importing it takes longer than a whole hook run that finds the tool.
     """

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools-scm"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 name = "cpp_linter_hooks"
 description = "Automatically formats and lints C/C++ code using clang-format and clang-tidy"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     "Operating System :: MacOS",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # Unpinned, so a new hook environment gets the latest clang-format at install
     # time; additional_dependencies can pin it, and --version runs another version.
     "clang-format",
-    "filelock>=3.16", # One hook process at a time installs clang tools
+    "filelock>=4.2.1", # One hook process at a time installs clang tools
     "pip>=26.1", # Required to install other clang-format and clang-tidy versions
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]