Creates config files for simple C/C++ projects.

If the standard (non-minimal) command is used, the following files will be created in the local .vscode folder:

• settings.json: Best default settings for C/C++, CMake etc. extensions
• c_cpp_properties.json: Best default settings for the compiler
• tasks.json: Tasks to compile single C/C++ files or all C/C++ files in a folder
• launch.json: Debug configs to debug C/C++ programs that were compiled by the tasks
• Makefile: Makefile targets that are used in launch.json and tasks.json

if the minimal command is used, the following files will be created in the local .vscode folder:

• settings.json: Best default settings for C/C++, CMake etc. extensions
• c_cpp_properties.json: Best default settings for the compiler

Following files will be created in the root directory for all commands:

• .clang-format: Configuration for the formatting tool
• .clang-tidy: Configuration for the static linting tool
• .editorconfig: Standard editor settings (line-feed, insert new-line, etc.)
• .gitattributes: Gives attributes to pathnames
• .gitingore: Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore

Note: If one of these files already exists, they won't be overridden.

• 🔧 Windows:
  • Alternative 1: gcc/g++/gdb/make with Cygwin
  • Alternative 2: clang/clang++/ldb/make with LLVM
• 🔧 Linux:
  • Alternative 1: gcc/g++/gdb/make
  • Alternative 2: clang/clang++/ldb/make
• 🔧 MacOS:
  • Alternative 1: clang/clang++/lldb/make
  • Alternative 2: gcc/g++/gdb/make

Just run the command:

• 'Generate C Config Files'
• 'Generate C++ Config Files'
• 'Generate C Config Files Minimal'
• 'Generate C++ Config Files Minimal'

in VSCode's command palette (F1).

The generated tasks won't work whenever there are whitespaces or non-ASCII characters in the file paths and directory names.

Refer to the CHANGELOG.

Copyright (C) 2021 Jan Schaffranek.
Licensed under the MIT License.