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ament_cppcheck

Performs a static code analysis of C / C++ source files using CppCheck. Files with the following extensions are being considered: .c, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .h, .hh, .hpp, .hxx.

How to run the check from the command line?

The command line tool is provided by the package ament_cppcheck.

How to run the check from within a CMake ament package as part of the tests?

package.xml:

<buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
<test_depend>ament_cmake_cppcheck</test_depend>

CMakeLists.txt:

find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
if(BUILD_TESTING)
  find_package(ament_cmake_cppcheck REQUIRED)
  ament_cppcheck()
endif()

When running multiple linters as part of the CMake tests the documentation of the package ament_lint_auto might contain some useful information.

The documentation of the package ament_cmake_test provides more information on testing in CMake ament packages.