cmake-format

Can format your listfiles so they don't look like crap


Keywords
cmake, format, formatter, devtools, formatters
License
GPL-3.0
Install
pip install cmake-format==0.6.13

Documentation

cmake format

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cmake-format can format your listfiles nicely so that they don't look like crap.

Installation

Install from pypi using pip:

pip install cmake_format

Integrations

Usage

usage:
cmake-format [-h]
             [--dump-config {yaml,json,python} | -i | -o OUTFILE_PATH]
             [-c CONFIG_FILE]
             infilepath [infilepath ...]

Parse cmake listfiles and format them nicely.

Formatting is configurable by providing a configuration file. The configuration
file can be in json, yaml, or python format. If no configuration file is
specified on the command line, cmake-format will attempt to find a suitable
configuration for each ``inputpath`` by checking recursively checking it's
parent directory up to the root of the filesystem. It will return the first
file it finds with a filename that matches '\.?cmake-format(.yaml|.json|.py)'.

cmake-format can spit out the default configuration for you as starting point
for customization. Run with `--dump-config [yaml|json|python]`.

positional arguments:
  infilepaths

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
  --dump-config [{yaml,json,python}]
                        If specified, print the default configuration to
                        stdout and exit
  --dump {lex,parse,layout,markup}
  -i, --in-place
  -o OUTFILE_PATH, --outfile-path OUTFILE_PATH
                        Where to write the formatted file. Default is stdout.
  -c CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE
                        path to configuration file

Formatter Configuration:
  Override configfile options affecting general formatting

  --line-width LINE_WIDTH
                        How wide to allow formatted cmake files
  --tab-size TAB_SIZE   How many spaces to tab for indent
  --max-subargs-per-line MAX_SUBARGS_PER_LINE
                        If arglists are longer than this, break them always
  --separate-ctrl-name-with-space [SEPARATE_CTRL_NAME_WITH_SPACE]
                        If true, separate flow control names from their
                        parentheses with a space
  --separate-fn-name-with-space [SEPARATE_FN_NAME_WITH_SPACE]
                        If true, separate function names from parentheses with
                        a space
  --dangle-parens [DANGLE_PARENS]
                        If a statement is wrapped to more than one line, than
                        dangle the closing parenthesis on it's own line
  --max-prefix-chars MAX_PREFIX_CHARS
                        If the statement spelling length (including space and
                        parenthesis is larger than the tab width by more than
                        this amoung, then force reject un-nested layouts.
  --max-lines-hwrap MAX_LINES_HWRAP
                        If a candidate layout is wrapped horizontally but it
                        exceeds this many lines, then reject the layout.
  --line-ending {windows,unix,auto}
                        What style line endings to use in the output.
  --command-case {lower,upper,canonical,unchanged}
                        Format command names consistently as 'lower' or
                        'upper' case
  --keyword-case {lower,upper,unchanged}
                        Format keywords consistently as 'lower' or 'upper'
                        case
  --always-wrap [ALWAYS_WRAP [ALWAYS_WRAP ...]]
                        A list of command names which should always be wrapped
  --algorithm-order [ALGORITHM_ORDER [ALGORITHM_ORDER ...]]
                        Specify the order of wrapping algorithms during
                        successive reflow attempts
  --enable-sort [ENABLE_SORT]
                        If true, the argument lists which are known to be
                        sortable will be sorted lexicographicall
  --autosort [AUTOSORT]
                        If true, the parsers may infer whether or not an
                        argument list is sortable (without annotation).
  --hashruler-min-length HASHRULER_MIN_LENGTH
                        If a comment line starts with at least this many
                        consecutive hash characters, then don't lstrip() them
                        off. This allows for lazy hash rulers where the first
                        hash char is not separated by space

Comment Formatting:
  Override config options affecting comment formatting

  --bullet-char BULLET_CHAR
                        What character to use for bulleted lists
  --enum-char ENUM_CHAR
                        What character to use as punctuation after numerals in
                        an enumerated list
  --enable-markup [ENABLE_MARKUP]
                        enable comment markup parsing and reflow
  --first-comment-is-literal [FIRST_COMMENT_IS_LITERAL]
                        If comment markup is enabled, don't reflow the first
                        comment block in each listfile. Use this to preserve
                        formatting of your copyright/license statements.
  --literal-comment-pattern LITERAL_COMMENT_PATTERN
                        If comment markup is enabled, don't reflow any comment
                        block which matches this (regex) pattern. Default is
                        `None` (disabled).
  --fence-pattern FENCE_PATTERN
                        Regular expression to match preformat fences in
                        comments default=r'^\s*([`~]{3}[`~]*)(.*)$'
  --ruler-pattern RULER_PATTERN
                        Regular expression to match rulers in comments
                        default=r'^\s*[^\w\s]{3}.*[^\w\s]{3}$'
  --canonicalize-hashrulers [CANONICALIZE_HASHRULERS]
                        If true, then insert a space between the first hash
                        char and remaining hash chars in a hash ruler, and
                        normalize it's length to fill the column

Misc Options:
  Override miscellaneous config options

  --emit-byteorder-mark [EMIT_BYTEORDER_MARK]
                        If true, emit the unicode byte-order mark (BOM) at the
                        start of the file
  --input-encoding INPUT_ENCODING
                        Specify the encoding of the input file. Defaults to
                        utf-8.
  --output-encoding OUTPUT_ENCODING
                        Specify the encoding of the output file. Defaults to
                        utf-8. Note that cmake only claims to support utf-8 so
                        be careful when using anything else

Configuration

cmake-format accepts configuration files in yaml, json, or python format. An example configuration file is given here. Additional flags and additional kwargs will help cmake-format to break up your custom commands in a pleasant way.

# --------------------------
# General Formatting Options
# --------------------------
# How wide to allow formatted cmake files
line_width = 80

# How many spaces to tab for indent
tab_size = 2

# If arglists are longer than this, break them always
max_subargs_per_line = 3

# If true, separate flow control names from their parentheses with a space
separate_ctrl_name_with_space = False

# If true, separate function names from parentheses with a space
separate_fn_name_with_space = False

# If a statement is wrapped to more than one line, than dangle the closing
# parenthesis on it's own line
dangle_parens = False

# If the statement spelling length (including space and parenthesis is larger
# than the tab width by more than this amoung, then force reject un-nested
# layouts.
max_prefix_chars = 2

# If a candidate layout is wrapped horizontally but it exceeds this many lines,
# then reject the layout.
max_lines_hwrap = 2

# What style line endings to use in the output.
line_ending = 'unix'

# Format command names consistently as 'lower' or 'upper' case
command_case = 'canonical'

# Format keywords consistently as 'lower' or 'upper' case
keyword_case = 'unchanged'

# Specify structure for custom cmake functions
additional_commands = {
  "pkg_find": {
    "kwargs": {
      "PKG": "*"
    }
  }
}

# A list of command names which should always be wrapped
always_wrap = []

# Specify the order of wrapping algorithms during successive reflow attempts
algorithm_order = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

# If true, the argument lists which are known to be sortable will be sorted
# lexicographicall
enable_sort = True

# If true, the parsers may infer whether or not an argument list is sortable
# (without annotation).
autosort = False

# If a comment line starts with at least this many consecutive hash characters,
# then don't lstrip() them off. This allows for lazy hash rulers where the first
# hash char is not separated by space
hashruler_min_length = 10

# A dictionary containing any per-command configuration overrides. Currently
# only `command_case` is supported.
per_command = {}


# --------------------------
# Comment Formatting Options
# --------------------------
# What character to use for bulleted lists
bullet_char = '*'

# What character to use as punctuation after numerals in an enumerated list
enum_char = '.'

# enable comment markup parsing and reflow
enable_markup = True

# If comment markup is enabled, don't reflow the first comment block in each
# listfile. Use this to preserve formatting of your copyright/license
# statements.
first_comment_is_literal = False

# If comment markup is enabled, don't reflow any comment block which matches
# this (regex) pattern. Default is `None` (disabled).
literal_comment_pattern = None

# Regular expression to match preformat fences in comments
# default=r'^\s*([`~]{3}[`~]*)(.*)$'
fence_pattern = '^\\s*([`~]{3}[`~]*)(.*)$'

# Regular expression to match rulers in comments
# default=r'^\s*[^\w\s]{3}.*[^\w\s]{3}$'
ruler_pattern = '^\\s*[^\\w\\s]{3}.*[^\\w\\s]{3}$'

# If true, then insert a space between the first hash char and remaining hash
# chars in a hash ruler, and normalize it's length to fill the column
canonicalize_hashrulers = True


# ---------------------------------
# Miscellaneous Options
# ---------------------------------
# If true, emit the unicode byte-order mark (BOM) at the start of the file
emit_byteorder_mark = False

# Specify the encoding of the input file. Defaults to utf-8.
input_encoding = 'utf-8'

# Specify the encoding of the output file. Defaults to utf-8. Note that cmake
# only claims to support utf-8 so be careful when using anything else
output_encoding = 'utf-8'

You may specify a path to a configuration file with the --config-file command line option. Otherwise, cmake-format will search the ancestry of each infilepath looking for a configuration file to use. If no configuration file is found it will use sensible defaults.

A automatically detected configuration files may have any name that matches \.?cmake-format(.yaml|.json|.py).

If you'd like to create a new configuration file, cmake-format can help by dumping out the default configuration in your preferred format. You can run cmake-format --dump-config [yaml|json|python] to print the default configuration stdout and use that as a starting point.

Markup

cmake-format is for the exceptionally lazy. It will even format your comments for you. It will reflow your comment text to within the configured line width. It also understands a very limited markup format for a couple of common bits.

rulers: A ruler is a line which starts with and ends with three or more non-alphanum or space characters:

# ---- This is a Ruler ----
# cmake-format will know to keep the ruler separated from the
# paragraphs around it. So it wont try to reflow this text as
# a single paragraph.
# ---- This is also a Ruler ---

list: A list is started on the first encountered list item, which starts with a bullet character (*) followed by a space followed by some text. Subsequent lines will be included in the list item until the next list item is encountered (the bullet must be at the same indentation level). The list must be surrounded by a pair of empty lines. Nested lists will be formatted in nested text:

# here are some lists:
#
# * item 1
# * item 2
#
#   * subitem 1
#   * subitem 2
#
# * second list item 1
# * second list item 2

enumerations: An enumeration is similar to a list but the bullet character is some integers followed by a period. New enumeration items are detected as long as either the first digit or the punctuation lines up in the same column as the previous item. cmake-format will renumber your items and align their labels for you:

# This is an enumeration
#
#   1. item
#   2. item
#   3. item

fences: If you have any text which you do not want to be formatted you can guard it with a pair of fences. Fences are three or more tilde characters:

# ~~~
# This comment is fenced
#   and will not be formatted
# ~~~

Note that comment fences guard reflow of comment text, and not cmake code. If you wish to prevent formatting of cmake, code, see below. In addition to fenced-literals, there are three other ways to preserve comment text from markup and/or reflow processing:

  • The --first-comment-is-literal configuration option will exactly preserve the first comment in the file. This is intended to preserve copyright or other formatted header comments.
  • The --literal-comment-pattern configuration option allows for a more generic way to identify comments which should be preserved literally. This configuration takes a regular expression pattern.
  • The --enable-markup configuration option globally enables comment markup processing. It defaults to true so set it to false if you wish to globally disable comment markup processing. Note that trailing whitespace is still chomped from comments.

Disable Formatting Locally

You can locally disable and enable code formatting by using the special comments # cmake-format: off and # cmake-format: on.

Sort Argument Lists

Starting with version 0.5.0, cmake-format can sort your argument lists for you. If the configuration includes autosort=True (the default), it will replace:

add_library(foobar STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
            sourcefile_06.cc
            sourcefile_03.cc
            sourcefile_02.cc
            sourcefile_04.cc
            sourcefile_07.cc
            sourcefile_01.cc
            sourcefile_05.cc)

with:

add_library(foobar STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
            sourcefile_01.cc
            sourcefile_02.cc
            sourcefile_03.cc
            sourcefile_04.cc
            sourcefile_05.cc
            sourcefile_06.cc
            sourcefile_07.cc)

This is implemented for any argument lists which the parser knows are inherently sortable. This includes the following cmake commands:

  • add_library
  • add_executable

For most other cmake commands, you can use an annotation comment to hint to cmake-format that the argument list is sortable. For instance:

set(SOURCES
    # cmake-format: sortable
    bar.cc
    baz.cc
    foo.cc)

Annotations can be given in a line-comment or a bracket comment. There is a long-form and a short-form for each. The acceptable formats are:

Line Comment long # cmake-format: <tag>
Line Comment short # cmf: <tag>
Bracket Comment long #[[cmake-format: <tag>]]
Bracket Comment short #[[cmf: <tag>]]

In order to annotate a positional argument list as sortable, the acceptable tags are: sortable or sort. For the commands listed above where the positinal argument lists are inherently sortable, you can locally disable sorting by annotating them with unsortable or unsort. For example:

add_library(foobar STATIC
            # cmake-format: unsort
            sourcefile_03.cc
            sourcefile_01.cc
            sourcefile_02.cc)

Note that this is only needed if your configuration has enabled autosort, and you can globally disable sorting by making setting this configuration to False.

Reporting Issues and Getting Help

If you encounter any bugs or regressions or if cmake-format doesn't behave in the way that you expect, please post an issue on the github issue tracker. It is especially helpful if you can provide cmake listfile snippets that demonstrate any issues you encounter.

You can also join the #cmake-format channel on our discord server.

Developers

Some notes for anyone who wants hack on cmake-format:

  1. Please use pylint to check your code. There is a pylint config file in the repo.
  2. There is a test suite in tests.py. Run with python -Bm cmake_format.tests (ensure modified code is on the python path).
  3. There's an autopep8 config file in the repo as well. Feel free to use that to format the code. Note that autopep8 and pylint disagree in a few places so using autopep8 may require some manual edits afterward.
  4. There's a cmake configuration for the project. Since this is a python project there isn't much that it really does but it provides targets for format, lint and test if you'd like to use them.

Example

Will turn this:

# The following multiple newlines should be collapsed into a single newline




cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
project(cmake_format_test)

# This multiline-comment should be reflowed
# into a single comment
# on one line

# This comment should remain right before the command call.
# Furthermore, the command call should be formatted
# to a single line.
add_subdirectories(foo bar baz
  foo2 bar2 baz2)

# This very long command should be split to multiple lines
set(HEADERS very_long_header_name_a.h very_long_header_name_b.h very_long_header_name_c.h)

# This command should be split into one line per entry because it has a long
# argument list.
set(SOURCES source_a.cc source_b.cc source_d.cc source_e.cc source_f.cc source_g.cc)

# The string in this command should not be split
set_target_properties(foo bar baz PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra")

# This command has a very long argument and can't be aligned with the command
# end, so it should be moved to a new line with block indent + 1.
some_long_command_name("Some very long argument that really needs to be on the next line.")

# This situation is similar but the argument to a KWARG needs to be on a
# newline instead.
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -xx")

set(HEADERS header_a.h header_b.h # This comment should
                                  # be preserved, moreover it should be split
                                  # across two lines.
    header_c.h header_d.h)


# This part of the comment should
# be formatted
# but...
# cmake-format: off
# This bunny should remain untouched:
# .   _ ∩
#   レヘヽ| |
#     (・x・)
#    c( uu}
# cmake-format: on
#          while this part should
#          be formatted again

# This is a paragraph
#
# This is a second paragraph
#
# This is a third paragraph

# This is a comment
# that should be joined but
# TODO(josh): This todo should not be joined with the previous line.
# NOTE(josh): Also this should not be joined with the todo.

if(foo)
if(sbar)
# This comment is in-scope.
add_library(foo_bar_baz foo.cc bar.cc # this is a comment for arg2
               # this is more comment for arg2, it should be joined with the first.
    baz.cc) # This comment is part of add_library

other_command(some_long_argument some_long_argument) # this comment is very long and gets split across some lines

other_command(some_long_argument some_long_argument some_long_argument) # this comment is even longer and wouldn't make sense to pack at the end of the command so it gets it's own lines
endif()
endif()


# This very long command should be broken up along keyword arguments
foo(nonkwarg_a nonkwarg_b HEADERS a.h b.h c.h d.h e.h f.h SOURCES a.cc b.cc d.cc DEPENDS foo bar baz)

# This command uses a string with escaped quote chars
foo(some_arg some_arg "This is a \"string\" within a string")

# This command uses an empty string
foo(some_arg some_arg "")

# This command uses a multiline string
foo(some_arg some_arg "
    This string is on multiple lines
")

# No, I really want this to look ugly
# cmake-format: off
add_library(a b.cc
  c.cc         d.cc
           e.cc)
# cmake-format: on

into this:

# The following multiple newlines should be collapsed into a single newline

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
project(cmake_format_test)

# This multiline-comment should be reflowed into a single comment on one line

# This comment should remain right before the command call. Furthermore, the
# command call should be formatted to a single line.
add_subdirectories(foo
                   bar
                   baz
                   foo2
                   bar2
                   baz2)

# This very long command should be split to multiple lines
set(HEADERS very_long_header_name_a.h very_long_header_name_b.h
            very_long_header_name_c.h)

# This command should be split into one line per entry because it has a long
# argument list.
set(SOURCES
    source_a.cc
    source_b.cc
    source_d.cc
    source_e.cc
    source_f.cc
    source_g.cc)

# The string in this command should not be split
set_target_properties(foo bar baz
                      PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra")

# This command has a very long argument and can't be aligned with the command
# end, so it should be moved to a new line with block indent + 1.
some_long_command_name(
  "Some very long argument that really needs to be on the next line.")

# This situation is similar but the argument to a KWARG needs to be on a newline
# instead.
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
    "-std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -xx")

set(HEADERS
    header_a.h
    header_b.h # This comment should be preserved, moreover it should be split
               # across two lines.
    header_c.h
    header_d.h)

# This part of the comment should be formatted but...
# cmake-format: off
# This bunny should remain untouched:
# .   _ ∩
#   レヘヽ| |
#     (・x・)
#    c( uu}
# cmake-format: on
# while this part should be formatted again

# This is a paragraph
#
# This is a second paragraph
#
# This is a third paragraph

# This is a comment that should be joined but
# TODO(josh): This todo should not be joined with the previous line.
# NOTE(josh): Also this should not be joined with the todo.

if(foo)
  if(sbar)
    # This comment is in-scope.
    add_library(foo_bar_baz
                foo.cc
                bar.cc # this is a comment for arg2 this is more comment for
                       # arg2, it should be joined with the first.
                baz.cc) # This comment is part of add_library

    other_command(some_long_argument some_long_argument) # this comment is very
                                                         # long and gets split
                                                         # across some lines

    other_command(some_long_argument some_long_argument some_long_argument)
    # this comment is even longer and wouldn't make sense to pack at the end of
    # the command so it gets it's own lines
  endif()
endif()

# This very long command should be broken up along keyword arguments
foo(nonkwarg_a nonkwarg_b
    HEADERS a.h
            b.h
            c.h
            d.h
            e.h
            f.h
    SOURCES a.cc b.cc d.cc
    DEPENDS foo
    bar baz)

# This command uses a string with escaped quote chars
foo(some_arg some_arg "This is a \"string\" within a string")

# This command uses an empty string
foo(some_arg some_arg "")

# This command uses a multiline string
foo(some_arg some_arg "
    This string is on multiple lines
")

# No, I really want this to look ugly
# cmake-format: off
add_library(a b.cc
  c.cc         d.cc
           e.cc)
# cmake-format: on