Add Clang-Tidy to the Project

.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ jobs:
         cache-key-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-Qt-Cache-${{ env.QT_VERSION }}
         dir: ${{ github.workspace }}/Qt
 
+    - name: Install LLVM for Clang-Tidy (MacOS)
+      if: startsWith(matrix.os,'macos-')
+      run: |
+        brew install llvm
+
     # - name: Install correct version of mingw
     #   uses: crazy-max/ghaction-chocolatey@v1
     #   with:

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ if ( EGOA_ENABLE_BOOST )
     include ( Boost )
 endif ( EGOA_ENABLE_BOOST )
 
+# Search for clang-tidy
+find_package ( ClangTidy )
+
 # Google tests
 if ( EGOA_ENABLE_TESTS )
     include ( CTest )
@@ -227,6 +230,13 @@ if ( Qt6_FOUND )
     target_compile_definitions ( EGOA PUBLIC QT6_AVAILABLE )
 endif ( Qt6_FOUND )
 
+# clang-tidy found
+if ( CLANG_TIDY_PROG )
+    message ( STATUS "${MY_SPACE}clang-tidy:\t\t\t\tis enabled" )
+    # set CXX_CLANG_TIDY property after defining the target
+    # set_target_properties(EGOA PROPERTIES CXX_CLANG_TIDY "${CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY}")
+endif ( CLANG_TIDY_PROG )
+
 # OpenMP found
 if ( OPENMP_FOUND )
     message ( STATUS "${MY_SPACE}OpenMP:\t\t\t\tadd libraries of OpenMP" )

cmake/FindClangTidy.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# FindClangTidy.cmake
+# 
+#   Created on: Dec 27, 2023
+#       Author: Franziska Wegner
+# 
+# This file enables clang tidy for the project.
+# 
+
+
+# Search for clang-tidy
+find_program(CLANG_TIDY_PROG 
+    HINTS "/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/"
+          "/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/"
+    NAMES "clang-tidy"
+    REQUIRED
+    )
+# Setup clang-tidy command with executable and options, see https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CLANG_TIDY.html.
+# Disable all default checks (-*) and only enable checks that advocate the use of modern C++ language constructs with (modernize-*).
+set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY
+    "${CLANG_TIDY_PROG}"
+    "-checks=-*,modernize-*"
+    # -format-style='file';
+    # -header-filter=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR};
+    # -header-filter=.;
+    # -warnings-as-errors=*;
+    )
+
+# set CXX_CLANG_TIDY property after defining the target
+# set_target_properties(EGOA PROPERTIES CXX_CLANG_TIDY "${CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY}")