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cpplint

Static code checker for C++

Latest version: 2.0.2 registry icon
Maintenance score
100
Safety score
100
Popularity score
86
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0.0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Stability
Latest release:

2.0.2 - This version is safe to use because it has no known security vulnerabilities at this time. Find out if your coding project uses this component and get notified of any reported security vulnerabilities with Meterian-X Open Source Security Platform

Licensing

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BSD   -   BSD License (Generic)

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Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

UNKNOWN   -   Freely Distributable

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OSI Compliant

##################################### cpplint - static code checker for C++ #####################################

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Cpplint is a command-line tool to check C/C++ files for style issues according to Google's C++ style guide <http://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html>_.

Cpplint used to be developed and maintained by Google Inc. at google/styleguide <https://github.com/google/styleguide>. Nowadays, Google is no longer maintaining the public version of cpplint <https://github.com/google/styleguide/pull/528#issuecomment-592315430>, and pretty much everything in their repo's PRs and issues about cpplint have gone unimplemented.

This fork aims to update cpplint to modern specifications, and be (somewhat) more open to adding fixes and features to make cpplint usable in wider contexts.

Installation

Use pipx to install cpplint from PyPI, run:

.. code-block:: bash

$ pipx install cpplint

Usage

.. code-block:: bash

$ cpplint [OPTIONS] files

For full usage instructions, run:

.. code-block:: bash

$ cpplint --help

cpplint can also be run as a pre-commit hook by adding to .pre-commit-config.yaml:

.. code-block:: yaml

Changes

  • python 3 compatibility
  • more default file extensions
  • customizable file extensions with the --extensions argument
  • continuous integration on github
  • support for recursive file discovery via the --recursive argument
  • support for excluding files via --exclude
  • JUnit XML output format
  • Overriding repository root auto-detection via --repository
  • Support #pragma once as an alternative to header include guards
  • ... and quite a bit <https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.rst>_ more

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Google Inc. for open-sourcing their in-house tool.

Thanks to our contributors <https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint/graphs/contributors>_.

Maintainers

  • @aaronliu0130 <https://github.com/aaronliu0130>_
  • @jayvdb <https://github.com/jayvdb>_

Former ^^^^^^

  • @tkruse <https://github.com/tkruse>_
  • @mattyclarkson <https://github.com/mattyclarkson>_
  • @theandrewdavis <https://github.com/theandrewdavis>_