Linking Conan Include to VS Code

Question

I'm currently using Conan on a C++ project using sqlite_orm as a dependency.

When using my personal include (like myClass.hpp for example) Visual Studio Code is able to provide auto-completion but with Conan's include, no auto-completion is possible.

I'm looking for a way to link the include path of Conan to my VSCode, any idea?

Answer 1

Add the following line in your project's .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json file

"includePath": ["${workspaceFolder}/**", "~/.conan/data/**"]

Answer 2

Add set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON) to your CMakeLists.txt (or add to cmake: cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON ..) so a build/compile_commands.json will be generated.

VS Code (clion, etc) can utilize this file to support auto complete:

$ cat .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
{
    "configurations": [
    {
        "name": "Linux",
            "defines": [],
            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/g++",
            "cStandard": "c11",
            "cppStandard": "c++14",
            "intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64",
            "compileCommands": "${workspaceFolder}/build/compile_commands.json"
    }
    ],
    "version": 4
}