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clang-format-checker

clang-format-checker

Matej Sekoranja

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Clang-format code-style checker
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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clang-format-checker

Features

clang-format-checker is a Visual Studio Code extenasion that runs clang-format tools to check code formatting issues. All clang-format reported issues are highlihted providing a brief description of the issue. Note that clang-format itself does not provide any description. The extension tries to do a best-effort to guess what is the issue. In addition, the extension implements "Quick Fix" feature.

Check can be initiated via command or context-menu (look for Clang-format Checker command/menu), or triggered on editor change (must be enabled in settings).

Requirements

clang-format must be installed on your system and path to the exectutable must be provided in the settings (or added to the system path).

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • clang-format-checker.checkOnChange: check code as you type (requires reload)
  • clang-format-checker.clangFormatExecutable: path to clang-format executable
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