[Qbs] Missing feature qbs API command "generate"

[Jochen Becher]

I am working on a new "generate" command which may follow a resolve-
project and (dry-run) build-project. Let's see how quick I will be able
to get it released in one of the next qbs releases...

I plan to add a command "Qbs: Generate Clangdb" to vscode-qbs and also
a new setting to generate the clangdb after each resolve
automatically. 

Regards, Jochen


Am Freitag, dem 04.07.2025 um 11:30 +0300 schrieb Иван Комиссаров:
> Hello!
> 
> > 2 июля 2025 г., в 19:38, Jochen Becher via Qbs <qbs at qt-project.org>
> > написал(а):
> > 
> > HI,
> > 
> > I am currently working on some improvements of the VSCode extension
> > vscode-qbs. I would like to add some support for clangd: whenever a
> > project is resolved, it should also generate the clangdb
> > (compile_commands.json). With some configuration of the clang
> > extension
> > it is possible to have full automated clangd support.
> 
> Nice, I actually was asking Denis (vscode extension author) about
> clangd quite a while ago.
> Seems like a nice feature.
> 
> 
> > I tested this
> > manually and with the exception of some issues with gcc options
> > that
> > are not supported by clang it works well. 
> > 
> > So what I need is a qbs API command "generate" to run the generator
> > explicitly or an extension of the existing command "resolve-
> > project" to
> > also generate clangdb.
> 
> Note that generating compile commands can take time, maybe use an
> option or auto-detect if clangd is present?
> 
> > 
> > Is this a planned feature or should I implement it myself? What
> > would
> > be your preferred way? Having a separate command or extending
> > resolve-
> > project?
> 
> No, we did not plan to add a feature.
> Please, go ahead and add a command to the API, contributions are
> always welcome.
> 
> I would probably add a «generate» command to the command palette in
> VSCode (so users could call generators mannually) and call it
> automatically when
> resolving/when appropriate.
> 
> Ivan