vscode-iwyu

Overview

A VS Code extension by TSDB2 to run IWYU on C++ files.

Currently under development and not yet published.

This extension requires that your build setup generates a JSON compilation database. If you use Bazel you can try comp_db_hook to generate it and keep it up-to-date at every build.

Installation

Clone the repository and cd into it.

Install the dependencies:

vscode-iwyu$ npm install

Compile and package the extension:

vscode-iwyu$ npx vsce package

Then open VS Code, hit Ctrl+Shift+X to navigate to the extensions page, click "Install from VSIX..." in the menu, and pick the .vsix file generated by vsce.