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dot_vim/plugged/ale/ale_linters/cpp/clangtidy.vim

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+" Author: vdeurzen <tim@kompiler.org>, w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>,
+" gagbo <gagbobada@gmail.com>
+" Description: clang-tidy linter for cpp files
+
+call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_executable', 'clang-tidy')
+" Set this option to check the checks clang-tidy will apply.
+call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_checks', [])
+" Set this option to manually set some options for clang-tidy to use as compile
+" flags.
+" This will disable compile_commands.json detection.
+call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_options', '')
+" Set this option to manually set options for clang-tidy directly.
+call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_extra_options', '')
+call ale#Set('c_build_dir', '')
+
+function! ale_linters#cpp#clangtidy#GetCommand(buffer, output) abort
+    let l:checks = join(ale#Var(a:buffer, 'cpp_clangtidy_checks'), ',')
+    let l:build_dir = ale#c#GetBuildDirectory(a:buffer)
+    let l:options = ''
+
+    " Get the extra options if we couldn't find a build directory.
+    if empty(l:build_dir)
+        let l:options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'cpp_clangtidy_options')
+        let l:cflags = ale#c#GetCFlags(a:buffer, a:output)
+        let l:options .= !empty(l:options) ? ale#Pad(l:cflags) : l:cflags
+
+        " Tell clang-tidy a .h header with a C++ filetype in Vim is a C++ file
+        " only when compile-commands.json file is not there. Adding these
+        " flags makes clang-tidy completely ignore compile commands.
+        if expand('#' . a:buffer) =~# '\.h$'
+            let l:options .= !empty(l:options) ? ' -x c++' : '-x c++'
+        endif
+    endif
+
+    " Get the options to pass directly to clang-tidy
+    let l:extra_options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'cpp_clangtidy_extra_options')
+
+    return '%e'
+    \   . (!empty(l:checks) ? ' -checks=' . ale#Escape(l:checks) : '')
+    \   . (!empty(l:extra_options) ? ' ' . ale#Escape(l:extra_options) : '')
+    \   . ' %s'
+    \   . (!empty(l:build_dir) ? ' -p ' . ale#Escape(l:build_dir) : '')
+    \   . (!empty(l:options) ? ' -- ' . l:options : '')
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('cpp', {
+\   'name': 'clangtidy',
+\   'output_stream': 'stdout',
+\   'executable': {b -> ale#Var(b, 'cpp_clangtidy_executable')},
+\   'command': {b -> ale#c#RunMakeCommand(b, function('ale_linters#cpp#clangtidy#GetCommand'))},
+\   'callback': 'ale#handlers#gcc#HandleGCCFormat',
+\   'lint_file': 1,
+\})