ament_cmake_clang_tidy

Diagnose and fix typical programming errors with Clang-Tidy. Files with the following extensions are being considered: .c, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .h, .hh, .hpp, .hxx.

How to run the check from the command line?

The command line tool is provided by the package ament_clang_tidy.

How to run the check from within a CMake ament package as part of the tests?

package.xml:

<buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
<test_depend>ament_clang_tidy</test_depend>

CMakeLists.txt:

find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
if(BUILD_TESTING)
  find_package(ament_cmake_clang_tidy REQUIRED)
  ament_clang_tidy(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
endif()

When running multiple linters as part of the CMake tests the documentation of the package ament_lint_auto might contain some useful information.

The documentation of the package ament_cmake_test provides more information on testing in CMake ament packages.