# [PATCH] Makefile: add cppcheck target

2 messages from 2014-01-29 to 2014-01-29. Participants: Elia Pinto, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/35750

## Elia Pinto, 2014-01-29 11:02

Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: add cppcheck target
Message-ID: <1390993371-2431-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1390993371-2431-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros%40gmail.com

```
Add cppcheck target to Makefile. Cppcheck is a static
analysis tool for C/C++ code. Cppcheck primarily detects
the types of bugs that the compilers normally do not detect.
It is an useful target for doing QA analysis.

Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
---
 Makefile      |    6 ++++++
 config.mak.in |    1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dddaf4f..1d25a70 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2602,3 +2602,9 @@ cover_db: coverage-report
 cover_db_html: cover_db
 	cover -report html -outputdir cover_db_html cover_db
 
+### cppcheck static coverage analysis
+#
+.PHONY: cppcheck
+
+cppcheck:
+	cppcheck --enable=all -q $(top_srcdir)
diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in
index e6a6d0f..86b95fb 100644
--- a/config.mak.in
+++ b/config.mak.in
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ docdir = @docdir@
 
 mandir = @mandir@
 htmldir = @htmldir@
+top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-- 
1.7.10.4

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2014-01-29 18:26

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: add cppcheck target
Message-ID: <xmqqeh3qk5ka.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqeh3qk5ka.fsf%40gitster.dls.corp.google.com
In-Reply-To: <1390993371-2431-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>

```
Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> writes:

> Add cppcheck target to Makefile. Cppcheck is a static
> analysis tool for C/C++ code. Cppcheck primarily detects
> the types of bugs that the compilers normally do not detect.
> It is an useful target for doing QA analysis.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Makefile      |    6 ++++++
>  config.mak.in |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index dddaf4f..1d25a70 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -2602,3 +2602,9 @@ cover_db: coverage-report
>  cover_db_html: cover_db
>  	cover -report html -outputdir cover_db_html cover_db
>  
> +### cppcheck static coverage analysis
> +#
> +.PHONY: cppcheck
> +
> +cppcheck:
> +	cppcheck --enable=all -q $(top_srcdir)

Why isn't this "."?

In other words, why is the change to config.mak.in even necessary?

> diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in
> index e6a6d0f..86b95fb 100644
> --- a/config.mak.in
> +++ b/config.mak.in
> @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ docdir = @docdir@
>  
>  mandir = @mandir@
>  htmldir = @htmldir@
> +top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@

```
