Visualizing Chromium include graph

This repository contains supplemental material for my blog post:

• Visualizing Chromium include graph

Docker image

The Docker image bkryza/clang-include-graph-chromium:v1 can be used to build Chromium and generate compile_commands.json necessary to run clang-include-graph. It contains a bash script which can be used to execute the commands without attaching to the Docker container:

# First create a Docker volume to keep the generated files
$ docker volume create clang-include-graph-chromium-build

# Now show the image commands
$ docker run --rm --mount source=clang-include-graph-chromium-build,target=/build -it bkryza/clang-include-graph-chromium:v1 usage
Usage: main.sh <step>

Steps:
  fetch     Fetch Chromium sources
  build     Build Chromium
  graphml   Generate the include graph in GraphML format
  graphviz  Generate the include graph in Graphviz format
  json      Generate the include graph in JSON format
  stats     Calculate include graph statistics
  all       Run all steps in order (default)

Example:
  main.sh fetch
  main.sh build
  main.sh graphml
  main.sh graphviz
  main.sh json
  main.sh stats
  main.sh all

LICENSE

Copyright 2025 Bartek Kryza <bkryza@gmail.com>

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