1 # Compdb (compile\_commands.json) Generator 2 3 Soong can generate compdb files. This is intended for use with editing tools 4 such as YouCompleteMe and other libclang based completers. 5 6 compdb file generation is enabled via environment variable: 7 8 ```bash 9 $ export SOONG_GEN_COMPDB=1 10 $ export SOONG_GEN_COMPDB_DEBUG=1 11 ``` 12 13 One can make soong generate a symlink to the compdb file using an environment 14 variable: 15 16 ```bash 17 $ export SOONG_LINK_COMPDB_TO=$ANDROID_HOST_OUT 18 ``` 19 20 You can then trigger an empty build: 21 22 ```bash 23 $ make nothing 24 ``` 25 26 Note that if you build using mm or other limited makes with these environment 27 variables set the compdb will only include files in included modules. 28
