diff --git a/lib/linguist/heuristics.yml b/lib/linguist/heuristics.yml
index 6a269e7101..202e183058 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/heuristics.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/heuristics.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ disambiguations:
     pattern: '(<^\s*; |End Function)'
   - language: BitBake
     pattern: '^\s*(# |include|require)\b'
+  - language: Clojure
+    pattern: '\((def|defn|defmacro|let)\s'
 - extensions: ['.bi']
   rules:
   - language: FreeBasic
diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 0a01488d00..27ed9abcf0 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ Clojure:
   color: "#db5855"
   extensions:
   - ".clj"
+  - ".bb"
   - ".boot"
   - ".cl2"
   - ".cljc"
@@ -1038,6 +1039,8 @@ Clojure:
   - ".hic"
   filenames:
   - riemann.config
+  interpreters:
+  - bb
   language_id: 62
 Closure Templates:
   type: markup
diff --git a/samples/Clojure/validate-and-format.bb b/samples/Clojure/validate-and-format.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05a5d746e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/Clojure/validate-and-format.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bb
+
+(def filter-regex "\\.(clj\\|cljs\\|cljc)$")
+
+(defn clojure-source? [path]
+  (re-find #"\.(clj|cljs|cljc)$" path))
+
+(defn modified-files []
+  (-> (shell/sh "git" "diff" "--cached" "--name-only" "--diff-filter=ACMR")
+      :out
+      (str/split #"\n")))
+
+(defn lint-valid? [paths]
+  (apply shell/sh "clj-kondo" "--lint" paths))
+
+(defn native-cljstyle? []
+  (-> (shell/sh "which" "cljstyle") :exit zero?))
+
+(defn format-files [paths]
+  (if (native-cljstyle?)
+    (do
+      (println "Using native cljstyle...")
+      (apply shell/sh "cljstyle" "fix" paths))
+    (do
+      (println "Using cljstyle from clojure deps...")
+      (apply shell/sh "clojure" "-A:format" "fix" paths))))
+
+(defn update-file-index
+  "Add unstaged modifications to git, so they get to be part of the current commit."
+  [path]
+  (let [hash (:out (shell/sh "git" "hash-object" "-w" path))]
+    (shell/sh "git" "update-index" "--add" "--cacheinfo" "100644" hash path)))
+
+(let [paths (->> (modified-files)
+                 (filter clojure-source?))]
+  (when (seq paths)
+    (format-files paths)
+
+    (doseq [path paths]
+      (update-file-index path))
+
+    (let [{:keys [exit out]} (lint-valid? paths)]
+      (when-not (= 0 exit)
+        (println "Lint failed.\n" out)
+        (System/exit 1)))))