A github action to perform C/C++ code analysis using popular cppcheck tool.

cppcheck is a static analysis tool for C/C++ code. It provides unique code analysis to detect bugs and focuses on detecting undefined behavior and dangerous coding constructs. The goal is to have very few false positives. Cppcheck is designed to be able to analyze your C/C++ code even if it has non-standard syntax (common in embedded projects).

Create cppcheck.yml under .github/workflows With the following contents

name: cppcheck-action
on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    name: cppcheck
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: cppcheck
        uses: deep5050/cppcheck-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

name: cppcheck-action
on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    name: cppcheck
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: cppcheck
        uses: deep5050/cppcheck-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          check_library:
          skip_preprocessor:
          enable:
          exclude_check:
          inconclusive:
          inline_suppression:
          force_language:
          max_ctu_depth:
          platform:
          output_file:

check_library : enable Show information messages when library files have incomplete info.

skip_preprocessor : enable Print preprocessor output on stdout and don't do any further processing.

enable : Enable additional checks. The available ids are: all, warning ,style , performance , portability ,information , unusedFunction ,missingInclude . Default value is all if you want to enable multiple checking at once, separate them using , without any blank space. example: style,warning,performance.

exclude_check : Give a file or directory path to exclude from checking. example: ./no_check.cpp

inconclusive : disable, default value is enable . Allow that Cppcheck reports even though the analysis is inconclusive.

inline_suppression: enable , default is disable . Enable inline suppressions. Use them by placing one or more comments, like: '// cppcheck-suppress warningId'.

force_language : Forces cppcheck to check all files as the given language. Valid values are: c, c++ .

max_ctu_depth : Max depth in whole program analysis. The default value is 2. A larger value will mean more errors can be found but also means the analysis will be slower. Example : 4.

platform : Specifies platform specific types and sizes. The available builtin platforms are: unix32 ,unix64 , win32A , win32W ,win64 ,avr8 , native.

output_file : Give a filename for the output report. Default is ./cppcheck_report.txt

For further details check cppcheck documentations

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