microsoft / microsoft/vscode-makefile-tools
Handle source files copies/renames
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 242
- Forks
- 78
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Some repositories have their makefiles set up so that they rename C/C++ sources (or copies them around) at various times during the build. If such operations are done before the compilation command, the extension will not be able to find a configuration for CppTools (it will exist associated to a different temporary URL, not where the development needs to take place).
Many of these operations can be tracked and IntelliSense configuration can be duplicated for various equivalent URLs.
Example: https://github.com/mirror/busybox.git, scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the BusyBox case in scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c and inspect how source copies or renames before compilation affect CppTools configuration URLs. Done means tracked equivalent paths receive duplicated IntelliSense configurations so the development source can be resolved after these operations.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, cpp, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- build-system, developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100