misc: add knob to generate compile_commands.json

[vpp.git] / Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf9cfcc..84f137e 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ help:
        @echo " ctags                - (re)generate ctags database"
        @echo " gtags                - (re)generate gtags database"
        @echo " cscope               - (re)generate cscope database"
+       @echo " compdb               - (re)generate compile_commands.json"
        @echo " checkstyle           - check coding style"
        @echo " checkstyle-commit    - check commit message format"
        @echo " checkstyle-test      - check test framework coding style"
@@ -654,6 +655,10 @@ gtags: ctags
 cscope: cscope.files
        @cscope -b -q -v
 
+.PHONY: compdb
+compdb:
+       @ninja -C build-root/build-vpp_debug-native/vpp -t compdb > compile_commands.json
+
 .PHONY: checkstyle
 checkstyle: checkfeaturelist
        @build-root/scripts/checkstyle.sh