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How to ignore folders with cpplint

How do you tell cpplint to ignore folders of a specific name?

I have .build folders that contain auto-generated files, and when I run cpplint --recursive src it traverses these folders and finds a tons of errors I don't care about.

I've tried using the --exclude parameter, like:

cpplint --recursive --exclude=.build src

but that has no effect.

I've also tried:

cpplint --recursive --exclude=*/.build src

and other variations that use wildcards, but those also have no effect.

Solution

  • Try this : 

    ./cpplint.py \
    $( find . -name \*.h -or -name \*.cc | grep -vE "^\.\/<excluded_folder_name>\/" )

    You can make use of this argument along with your cpplint command:

    find $PWD -not \( -path $PWD/<folder1> -prune \) -not \( -path $PWD/<folder2> -prune \) -not \( -path $PWD/<folder3> -prune \) -name *.cpp