spinclude - A Tarjan Algorithm Implementation for Finding Circular Included Header Files in C/C++ Projects

Circular included headers are dangerous that they can cause linking error while compiling. This tool will help detect those files on the whole project without compiling.

Features

• Supports generating & reading project configuration
• Detects excluding system headers
• Google unit test
• Verbose mode for more detailed report

Requirements

• C++11 compiler
• Linux system (tested on Ubuntu 16 & Fedora 25)

Usage

spinclude [options] [dir1 dir2...]

if [dir1 dir2...] is blank, use current directory as project dir
  Option:
    -c {cfg file}   use project config file
    -g              generate config file Project.cfg
    -v              verbose mode

Sample outputs

Run on spinclude:

Config data:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project dir: 
  /home/user/Projects/spinclude
Exclude dir: 
- /usr/include
- /usr/include/linux
- /usr/lib/include
Exclude file: 
-- stdio.h
-- stdlib.h
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[WARNING] Found duplicates for 12 header basenames
[WARNING] Tossed out 11 nonexisted included header files
[WARNING] Warning code 12 while getting input headers
Processed 59 header files
================================================================================
++ Found 1 circle(s):
   "1file1.hpp" "1file2.hpp" "file1.hpp" 
================================================================================

Run on Google protobuf:

Config data:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project dir: 
  /home/user/Projects/protobuf
Exclude dir: 
- /usr/include
- /usr/include/linux
- /usr/lib/include
Exclude file: 
-- stdio.h
-- stdlib.h
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[WARNING] Found duplicates for 7 header basenames
[WARNING] Tossed out 41 nonexisted included header files
[WARNING] Warning code 12 while getting input headers
Processed 302 header files
================================================================================
-- No circle found
================================================================================

Tarjan util

Also, there packed a utility for solving simple input graph, called tarjan-util

Usage: ./tarjan-util [options] [file1 file2...]
  Option:
    -v  verbose mode

Sample file content:

  a b c
  b d
  d e
  e b a

That means the graph is a can go to b & c, b can go to d, and so on

Stuffs that helped create this project:

• Tarjan algorithm: Wikipedia article, Tutorial
• Coding style: mcastit - multicast test tool