drswad / vscode-clang-tidy

Clang-Tidy for VSCode

This extension integrates clang-tidy into VS Code.

Clang-Tidy documentation can be found here.

Features

Runs clang-tidy and displays its diagnostics in VS Code.

Note: Diagnostics take longer to appear than in the example gif.

Requirements

Clang-Tidy must be installed. The extension will look for the clang-tidy executable in your PATH by default.

Clang-Tidy is part of LLVM, which can be downloaded here. Alternatively, use your system's package manager.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• clang-tidy.executable: The path to the clang-tidy executable
• clang-tidy.checks: List of checks to enable or disable
• clang-tidy.compilerArgs: List of arguments to append to the compiler command line
• clang-tidy.compilerArgsBefore: List of arguments to prepend to the compiler command line
• clang-tidy.lintOnSave: Whether or not to lint files when they are saved
• clang-tidy.buildPath: Path to the build folder. Equivalent to clang-tidy -p /path
• clang-tidy.fixOnSave: Whether or not to fix files when they are saved
• clang-tidy.blacklist: A list of regular expressions matching files you don't want to lint

Extension Commands

This extension contributes the following commands:

• Clang-Tidy: Lint File: Lints the active file

Known Issues

See the Github issues