ale/ale_linters/cpp/clangtidy.vim

" Author: vdeurzen <tim@kompiler.org>, w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>,
" gagbo <gagbobada@gmail.com>
" Description: clang-tidy linter for cpp files

call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_executable', 'clang-tidy')
" Set this option to check the checks clang-tidy will apply.
call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_checks', [])
" Set this option to manually set some options for clang-tidy to use as compile
" flags.
" This will disable compile_commands.json detection.
call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_options', '')
" Set this option to manually set options for clang-tidy directly.
call ale#Set('cpp_clangtidy_extra_options', '')
call ale#Set('c_build_dir', '')

function! ale_linters#cpp#clangtidy#GetCommand(buffer, output) abort
    let l:checks = join(ale#Var(a:buffer, 'cpp_clangtidy_checks'), ',')
    let l:build_dir = ale#c#GetBuildDirectory(a:buffer)
    let l:options = ''

    " Get the extra options if we couldn't find a build directory.
    if empty(l:build_dir)
        let l:options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'cpp_clangtidy_options')
        let l:cflags = ale#c#GetCFlags(a:buffer, a:output)
        let l:options .= !empty(l:options) ? ale#Pad(l:cflags) : l:cflags

        " Tell clang-tidy a .h header with a C++ filetype in Vim is a C++ file
        " only when compile-commands.json file is not there. Adding these
        " flags makes clang-tidy completely ignore compile commmands.
        if expand('#' . a:buffer) =~# '\.h$'
            let l:options .= !empty(l:options) ? ' -x c++' : '-x c++'
        endif
    endif

    " Get the options to pass directly to clang-tidy
    let l:extra_options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'cpp_clangtidy_extra_options')

    return '%e'
    \   . (!empty(l:checks) ? ' -checks=' . ale#Escape(l:checks) : '')
    \   . (!empty(l:extra_options) ? ' ' . ale#Escape(l:extra_options) : '')
    \   . ' %s'
    \   . (!empty(l:build_dir) ? ' -p ' . ale#Escape(l:build_dir) : '')
    \   . (!empty(l:options) ? ' -- ' . l:options : '')
endfunction

call ale#linter#Define('cpp', {
\   'name': 'clangtidy',
\   'output_stream': 'stdout',
\   'executable': {b -> ale#Var(b, 'cpp_clangtidy_executable')},
\   'command': {b -> ale#c#RunMakeCommand(b, function('ale_linters#cpp#clangtidy#GetCommand'))},
\   'callback': 'ale#handlers#gcc#HandleGCCFormat',
\   'lint_file': 1,
\})