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CLion will now try to load the project.

This is required as the Make build is incremental and when run on an uncleaned project only the updated files will be compiled, so project reload won’t work correctly and will miss all the unchanged files.

CLion might ask you to Clean the project.

Or directly point CLion to a Makefile in the Open dialog.

You can open a folder as a project and CLion will search for the top-level Makefile (as well as CMakeList.txt or compile_commands.json files) and suggest opening it as a project.

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So it’s time for you to give it a try on your Makefile project and share the feedback with us! How to start with your Makefile project in CLion And we hope it also performs for a huge variety of others. We’ve tested it on a long list of projects, which you may find on our confluence page. So we took the 3rd approach and implemented a prototype. This would work as a ‘portable’ option, as the IDE can theoretically start with the Make output recorded on another machine.

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It allows us to collect the information quicker compared to the full project build.

The 3rd option provides several very important benefits:

The output of the make command is parsed, often used with the -just-print option to avoid actual build.

LD_PRELOAD environment variable is used and a specific dynamic library is loaded before the execution of any build process to intercept the compiler calls and collect project information.Compiler wrappers are used to wrap the actual compiler calls and then a full clean build is performed and the project information is extracted.There we overviewed the approaches to handle Makefile that are preferred by various modern C++ IDEs and editors:

Some time ago we presented our findings and the approach we took to support Makefile projects in CLion.

What are the known issues and limitations?.

How to start with your Makefile project in CLion?.

While it’s still in its early stages with various limitations and known issues, it’s good enough to cope with a long list of projects already.ĭo you have a Makefile project? Grab the free EAP build and give it a try now.

What can I do if something goes wrong and my project fails to load correctly?ĬLion 2020.2 EAP2 brings long-awaited Makefile project support.

How to start with your Makefile project in CLion.

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