Code Check Macros

blt_add_code_checks

blt_add_code_checks( PREFIX               <Base name used for created targets>
                     SOURCES              [source1 [source2 ...]]
                     ASTYLE_CFG_FILE      <Path to AStyle config file>
                     CLANGFORMAT_CFG_FILE <Path to ClangFormat config file>
                     UNCRUSTIFY_CFG_FILE  <Path to Uncrustify config file>
                     YAPF_CFG_FILE        <Path to Yapf config file>
                     CMAKEFORMAT_CFG_FILE <Path to CMakeFormat config file>
                     CPPCHECK_FLAGS       <List of flags added to Cppcheck>
                     CLANGQUERY_CHECKER_DIRECTORIES [dir1 [dir2]])

This macro adds all enabled code check targets for the given SOURCES.

PREFIX
Prefix used for the created code check build targets. For example: <PREFIX>_uncrustify_check
SOURCES
Source list that the code checks will be ran on
ASTYLE_CFG_FILE
Path to AStyle config file
CLANGFORMAT_CFG_FILE
Path to ClangFormat config file
UNCRUSTIFY_CFG_FILE
Path to Uncrustify config file
YAPF_CFG_FILE
Path to Yapf config file
CMAKEFORMAT_CFG_FILE
Path to CMakeFormat config file
CPPCHECK_FLAGS
List of flags added to Cppcheck
CLANGQUERY_CHECKER_DIRECTORIES
List of directories where clang-query’s checkers are located

The purpose of this macro is to enable all code checks in the default manner. It runs all code checks from the working directory CMAKE_BINARY_DIR. If you need more specific functionality you will need to call the individual code check macros yourself.

Note

For library projects that may be included as a subproject of another code via CMake’s add_subproject(), we recommend guarding “code check” targets against being included in other codes. The following check if ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}") will stop your code checks from running unless you are the main CMake project.

Enabled code checks produce a check build target that will test to see if you are out of compliance with your code formatting and a style build target that will actually modify your source files. These default names can be modified via the BLT_CODE_CHECK_TARGET_NAME and BLT_CODE_STYLE_TARGET_NAME variables (e.g. if they conflict with existing project target names).

Depending on enabled features, it also creates build targets that follow the following pattern <PREFIX>_<astyle|clangformat|uncrustify|clang_tidy|cppcheck|clang_query>_<check|style>.

Note

Since clang-tidy can produce unsafe changes, BLT does not add clang_tidy_check to the main check target or clang_tidy_style to the main style target. User projects can do so by adding the following CMake commands: add_dependencies(check clang_tidy_check) and/or add_dependencies(style clang_tidy_style) or can manually run the clang_tidy_check and clang_tidy_style targets.

Sources are filtered based on file extensions for use in these code checks. If you need additional file extensions defined add them to BLT_C_FILE_EXTS, BLT_Python_FILE_EXTS, BLT_CMAKE_FILE_EXTS, and BLT_Fortran_FILE_EXTS. Currently this macro only has code checks for C/C++ and Python; it simply filters out the Fortran files.

This macro supports C/C++ code formatting with either AStyle, ClangFormat, or Uncrustify (but not all at the same time) only if the following requirements are met:

  • AStyle
    • ASTYLE_CFG_FILE is given
    • ASTYLE_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro
  • ClangFormat
    • CLANGFORMAT_CFG_FILE is given
    • CLANGFORMAT_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro
  • Uncrustify
    • UNCRUSTIFY_CFG_FILE is given
    • UNCRUSTIFY_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro

Note

ClangFormat and clang-tidy do not support a command line option for config files. To work around this, we copy the given config file to the build directory where this macro runs from.

This macro also supports Python code formatting with Yapf only if the following requirements are met:

  • YAPF_CFG_FILE is given
  • YAPF_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro

This macro also supports CMake code formatting with CMakeFormat only if the following requirements are met:

  • CMAKEFORMAT_CFG_FILE is given
  • CMAKEFORMAT_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro

If a particular version of a code formatting tool is required, you can configure BLT to enforce that version by setting BLT_REQUIRED_<CLANGFORMAT|ASTYLE|UNCRUSTIFY|YAPF|CMAKEFORMAT>_VERSION to as much of the version as you need. For example:

# If astyle major version 3 is required (3.0, 3.1, etc are acceptable)
set(BLT_REQUIRED_ASTYLE_VERSION "3")
# Or, if exactly 3.1 is needed
set(BLT_REQUIRED_ASTYLE_VERSION "3.1")

This macro supports the following static analysis tools with their requirements:

  • CppCheck
    • CPPCHECK_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro
    • <optional> CPPCHECK_FLAGS added to the cppcheck command line before the sources
  • Clang-Query
    • CLANGQUERY_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro
    • CLANGQUERY_CHECKER_DIRECTORIES parameter given or BLT_CLANGQUERY_CHECKER_DIRECTORIES is defined
  • clang-tidy
    • CLANGTIDY_EXECUTABLE is defined and found prior to calling this macro
    • <optional> CLANGAPPLYREPLACEMENTS_EXECUTABLE should be defined and found prior to calling this macro to support applying clang-tidy changes

blt_add_clang_query_target

blt_add_clang_query_target( NAME                <Created Target Name>
                            WORKING_DIRECTORY   <Working Directory>
                            COMMENT             <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                            CHECKERS            <specifies a subset of checkers>
                            DIE_ON_MATCH        <TRUE | FALSE (default)>
                            SRC_FILES           [source1 [source2 ...]]
                            CHECKER_DIRECTORIES [dir1 [dir2]])

Creates a new build target for running clang-query.

NAME
Name of created build target
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the clang-query command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
CHECKERS
list of checkers to be run by created build target
DIE_ON_MATCH
Causes build failure on first clang-query match. Defaults to FALSE.S
SRC_FILES
Source list that clang-query will be ran on
CHECKER_DIRECTORIES
List of directories where clang-query’s checkers are located

Clang-query is a tool used for examining and matching the Clang AST. It is useful for enforcing coding standards and rules on your source code. A good primer on how to use clang-query can be found here.

A list of checker directories is required for clang-query, this can be defined either by the parameter CHECKER_DIRECTORIES or the variable BLT_CLANGQUERY_CHECKER_DIRECTORIES.

Turning on DIE_ON_MATCH is useful if you’re using this in CI to enforce rules about your code.

CHECKERS are the static analysis passes to specifically run on the target. The following checker options can be given:

  • (no value) : run all available static analysis checks found
  • (checker1:checker2) : run checker1 and checker2
  • (interpreter) : run the clang-query interpeter to interactively develop queries

blt_add_cppcheck_target

blt_add_cppcheck_target( NAME                <Created Target Name>
                         WORKING_DIRECTORY   <Working Directory>
                         PREPEND_FLAGS       <Additional flags for cppcheck>
                         APPEND_FLAGS        <Additional flags for cppcheck>
                         COMMENT             <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                         SRC_FILES           [source1 [source2 ...]] )

Creates a new build target for running cppcheck

NAME
Name of created build target
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the clang-query command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
PREPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the front of the cppcheck flags
APPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the end of the cppcheck flags
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
SRC_FILES
Source list that cppcheck will be ran on

Cppcheck is a static analysis tool for C/C++ code. More information about Cppcheck can be found here.

blt_add_clang_tidy_target

blt_add_clang_tidy_target( NAME              <Created Target Name>
                           WORKING_DIRECTORY <Working Directory>
                           COMMENT           <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                           CHECKS            <If specified, enables a specific set of checks>
                           FIX               <TRUE | FALSE (default)>
                           SRC_FILES         [source1 [source2 ...]] )

Creates a new build target for running clang-tidy.

NAME
Name of created build target
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the clang-tidy command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
CHECKS
List of checks to be run on the selected source files, available checks are listed here.
FIX
Applies fixes for checks (a subset of clang-tidy checks specify how they should be resolved)
SRC_FILES
Source list that clang-tidy will be ran on

Clang-tidy is a tool used for diagnosing and fixing typical programming errors. It is useful for enforcing coding standards and rules on your source code. Clang-tidy is documented here.

CHECKS are the static analysis “rules” to specifically run on the target. If no checks are specified, clang-tidy will run the default available static analysis checks.

Note

The FIX option requires clang-apply-replacements, which is controlled by the ENABLE_CLANGAPPLYREPLACEMENTS CMake variable and can be provided with the CLANGAPPLYREPLACEMENTS_EXECUTABLE CMake variable.

blt_add_astyle_target

blt_add_astyle_target( NAME              <Created Target Name>
                       MODIFY_FILES      [TRUE | FALSE (default)]
                       CFG_FILE          <AStyle Configuration File>
                       PREPEND_FLAGS     <Additional Flags to AStyle>
                       APPEND_FLAGS      <Additional Flags to AStyle>
                       COMMENT           <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                       WORKING_DIRECTORY <Working Directory>
                       SRC_FILES         [FILE1 [FILE2 ...]] )

Creates a new build target for running AStyle

NAME
Name of created build target
MODIFY_FILES
Modify the files in place. Defaults to FALSE.
CFG_FILE
Path to AStyle config file
PREPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the front of the AStyle flags
APPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the end of the AStyle flags
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the AStyle command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
SRC_FILES
Source list that AStyle will be ran on

AStyle is a Source Code Beautifier for C/C++ code. More information about AStyle can be found here.

When MODIFY_FILES is set to TRUE, modifies the files in place and adds the created build target to the parent style build target. Otherwise the files are not modified and the created target is added to the parent check build target. This target will notify you which files do not conform to your style guide.

Note

Setting MODIFY_FILES to FALSE is only supported in AStyle v2.05 or greater.

blt_add_clangformat_target

blt_add_clangformat_target( NAME              <Created Target Name>
                            MODIFY_FILES      [TRUE | FALSE (default)]
                            CFG_FILE          <ClangFormat Configuration File>
                            PREPEND_FLAGS     <Additional Flags to ClangFormat>
                            APPEND_FLAGS      <Additional Flags to ClangFormat>
                            COMMENT           <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                            WORKING_DIRECTORY <Working Directory>
                            SRC_FILES         [FILE1 [FILE2 ...]] )

Creates a new build target for running ClangFormat

NAME
Name of created build target
MODIFY_FILES
Modify the files in place. Defaults to FALSE.
CFG_FILE
Path to ClangFormat config file
PREPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the front of the ClangFormat flags
APPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the end of the ClangFormat flags
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the ClangFormat command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
SRC_FILES
Source list that ClangFormat will be ran on

ClangFormat is a Source Code Beautifier for C/C++ code. More information about ClangFormat can be found here.

When MODIFY_FILES is set to TRUE, modifies the files in place and adds the created build target to the parent style build target. Otherwise the files are not modified and the created target is added to the parent check build target. This target will notify you which files do not conform to your style guide.

Note

ClangFormat does not support a command line option for config files. To work around this, we copy the given config file to the given working directory. We recommend using the build directory ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}. Also if someone is directly including your CMake project in theirs, you may conflict with theirs. We recommend guarding your code checks against this with the following check if ("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}").

Note

ClangFormat does not support a command line option for check --dry-run until version 10. This version is not widely used or available at this time. To work around this, we use an included script called run-clang-format.py that does not use PREPEND_FLAGS or APPEND_FLAGS in the check build target because the script does not support command line flags passed to clang-format. This script is not used in the style build target.

blt_add_uncrustify_target

blt_add_uncrustify_target( NAME              <Created Target Name>
                           MODIFY_FILES      [TRUE | FALSE (default)]
                           CFG_FILE          <Uncrustify Configuration File>
                           PREPEND_FLAGS     <Additional Flags to Uncrustify>
                           APPEND_FLAGS      <Additional Flags to Uncrustify>
                           COMMENT           <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                           WORKING_DIRECTORY <Working Directory>
                           SRC_FILES         [source1 [source2 ...]] )

Creates a new build target for running Uncrustify

NAME
Name of created build target
MODIFY_FILES
Modify the files in place. Defaults to FALSE.
CFG_FILE
Path to Uncrustify config file
PREPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the front of the Uncrustify flags
APPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the end of the Uncrustify flags
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the Uncrustify command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
SRC_FILES
Source list that Uncrustify will be ran on

Uncrustify is a Source Code Beautifier for C/C++ code. More information about Uncrustify can be found here.

When MODIFY_FILES is set to TRUE, modifies the files in place and adds the created build target to the parent style build target. Otherwise the files are not modified and the created target is added to the parent check build target. This target will notify you which files do not conform to your style guide.

Note

Setting MODIFY_FILES to FALSE is only supported in Uncrustify v0.61 or greater.

blt_add_yapf_target

blt_add_yapf_target( NAME              <Created Target Name>
                     MODIFY_FILES      [TRUE | FALSE (default)]
                     CFG_FILE          <Yapf Configuration File>
                     PREPEND_FLAGS     <Additional Flags to Yapf>
                     APPEND_FLAGS      <Additional Flags to Yapf>
                     COMMENT           <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                     WORKING_DIRECTORY <Working Directory>
                     SRC_FILES         [source1 [source2 ...]] )

Creates a new build target for running Yapf

NAME
Name of created build target
MODIFY_FILES
Modify the files in place. Defaults to FALSE.
CFG_FILE
Path to Yapf config file
PREPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the front of the Yapf flags
APPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the end of the Yapf flags
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the Yapf command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
SRC_FILES
Source list that Yapf will be ran on

Yapf is a Source Code Beautifier for Python code. More information about Yapf can be found here.

When MODIFY_FILES is set to TRUE, modifies the files in place and adds the created build target to the parent style build target. Otherwise the files are not modified and the created target is added to the parent check build target. This target will notify you which files do not conform to your style guide.

blt_add_cmakeformat_target

blt_add_cmakeformat_target( NAME              <Created Target Name>
                            MODIFY_FILES      [TRUE | FALSE (default)]
                            CFG_FILE          <CMakeFormat Configuration File>
                            PREPEND_FLAGS     <Additional Flags to CMakeFormat>
                            APPEND_FLAGS      <Additional Flags to CMakeFormat>
                            COMMENT           <Additional Comment for Target Invocation>
                            WORKING_DIRECTORY <Working Directory>
                            SRC_FILES         [FILE1 [FILE2 ...]] )

Creates a new build target for running CMakeFormat

NAME
Name of created build target
MODIFY_FILES
Modify the files in place. Defaults to FALSE.
CFG_FILE
Path to CMakeFormat config file
PREPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the front of the CMakeFormat flags
APPEND_FLAGS
Additional flags added to the end of the CMakeFormat flags
COMMENT
Comment prepended to the build target output
WORKING_DIRECTORY
Directory in which the CMakeFormat command is run. Defaults to where macro is called.
SRC_FILES
Source list that CMakeFormat will be ran on

CMakeFormat is a Source Code Beautifier for CMake code. More information about CMakeFormat can be found here.

When MODIFY_FILES is set to TRUE, modifies the files in place and adds the created build target to the parent style build target. Otherwise the files are not modified and the created target is added to the parent check build target. This target will notify you which files do not conform to your style guide.