WhoIncludes (under development)

A beer for WhoIncludes

Download WhoIncludes 0.2  executable  (January 2011)

For large C++ projects, the include file dependencies are a major concern:

• Dependencies aren't always obvious - How come File A depends on File B?
• How did that circular include occur?
• Incremental build times - which files are "hot spots" that trigger significant rebuilds?

WhoIncludes Provides the following analysis:

• Hierarchy: the actual file include hierarchy
• A list of files affected, each with direct and indirect ancestors and children

WhoIncludes works with Visual C++ 2008 and later, and is based on actual compiler diagnostics.

The following features are planned:

• Path finder - which paths lead from file A to file B?
• Cycle detection (if possible)
• Merged view of multiple projects
• Better aggregates, sorting the file list by e.g. total dependencies
• better navigation, filtering, etc.

I am not actively working at them for the time being. If you are interested to see these - or other - features, please drop me a line, or a feature request below. Thank you.

Bugs? Feature Requests? Give feedback at Fogbugz.

Change History

• Release 0.2 - January 2011
  • case 34, case 35: did not run on XP
  • case 36: crash after changing Ignored Folders on the fly
    
• Release 0.1 - Initial
  • preview / proof of concept

That's all.

Really.