Extending clang-tidy in the Present and in the Future
summary
Clang-tidy already ships 240+ clang-tidy checks and supports semantic rewrites; workflow uses clang-query interactive matcher discovery, a compile_commands JSON, and clang-apply-replacements to run checks across a repo. Demonstrations show add-new-check scaffolding, a debug/profile extension for matcher development, a JSON AST dumper and a Qt-based UI that runs JavaScript fix-its live, and a working icecream trick to distribute refactoring; macros and template/reference-coupling remain the main practical traps.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to clang-tidy
- 2:10What clang-tidy can do
- 9:09Refactoring with clang tooling
- 15:47Writing custom clang-tidy checks
- 23:20Debugging and profiling checks
- 34:15Running checks at scale
- 37:05Integrating with build systems
- 41:14Future of clang-tidy tooling
- 58:27Q&A and closing remarks
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