compiledb

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Compilation Database Generator\n\n[![CircleCI branch](https://img.shields.io/circleci/project/github/nickdiego/compiledb/master.svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/nickdiego/compiledb)\n[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/compiledb.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/compiledb/)\n[![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/compiledb.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/compiledb)\n[![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/nickdiego/compiledb.svg)](https://github.com/nickdiego/compiledb/blob/master/LICENSE)\n\nTool for generating [Clang\u0027s JSON Compilation Database][compdb] file for GNU\n`make`-based build systems.\n\nIt\u0027s aimed mainly at non-cmake (cmake already generates compilation database)\nlarge codebases. Inspired by projects like [YCM-Generator][ycm-gen] and [Bear][bear],\nbut faster (mainly with large projects), since in most cases it **doesn\u0027t need a clean\nbuild** (as the mentioned tools do) to generate the compilation database file, to\nachieve this it uses the make options such as `-n`/`--dry-run` and `-k`/`--keep-going`\nto extract the compile commands. Also, it\u0027s more **cross-compiling friendly** than\nYCM-generator\u0027s fake-toolchanin approach.\n\n## Installation\n\n```\n# pip install compiledb\n```\n- Supports Python \u003e= 3.3\n- For bash completion support, add the content of `sh-completion/compiledb.bash` file\n  to your `.bashrc` file, for example.\n\n## Usage\n\n`compiledb` provides a `make` python wrapper script which, besides to execute the make\nbuild command, updates the JSON compilation database file corresponding to that build,\nresulting in a command-line interface similar to [Bear][bear].\n\nTo generate `compile_commands.json` file using compiledb\u0027s \"make wrapper\" script,\nexecuting Makefile target `all`:\n```bash\n$ compiledb make\n```\n\n`compiledb` forwards all the options/arguments passed after `make` subcommand to GNU Make,\nso one can, for example, generate `compile_commands.json` using `core/main.mk`\nas main makefile (`-f` flag), starting the build from `build`",
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