Scripts

If you’re working with C/C++ projects and your LSP is throwing useless “file not found” errors even though your code compiles fine, your problem is simple: the LSP doesn’t know your project structure. Here’s a script that solves this: #!/bin/bash # create_compile_commands.sh - Generate compile_commands.json with smart include detection # Default compiler if not specified COMPILER=${1:-"clang"} echo "🔍 Scanning project structure..." # Find all directories containing header files HEADER_DIRS=$(find . -name "*.h" -o -name "*.hpp" | xargs dirname | sort | uniq) # Build include flags INCLUDE_FLAGS="" for dir in $HEADER_DIRS; do INCLUDE_FLAGS="$INCLUDE_FLAGS -I$(pwd)/$dir" done echo "📦 Found $(echo "$HEADER_DIRS" | wc -l | tr -d ' ') header directories" echo "🔧 Creating compile_commands.json..." # Create the compile_commands.json file echo '[' > compile_commands.json # Process all source files find . -name "*.c" -o -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.cc" | while read -r file; do # Trim the leading ./ clean_file=$(echo "$file" | sed 's|^\./||') # Add entry for this file (without trailing comma) echo ' { "directory": "'$(pwd)'", "file": "'$(pwd)/$clean_file'", "command": "'$COMPILER' '$INCLUDE_FLAGS' -c '$clean_file'" },' >> compile_commands.json done # Remove trailing comma from the last entry sed -i.bak '$ s/,$//' compile_commands.json echo ']' >> compile_commands.json rm -f compile_commands.json.bak echo "✅ Done! Created compile_commands.json with $(grep -c "file" compile_commands.json) entries" echo "🚀 Restart your LSP server to apply changes"