fixed #13517 - added command-line option --{no-}check-headers

Author: firewave

Diff for: cli/cmdlineparser.cpp

@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ CmdLineParser::Result CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const a
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--check-config") == 0)
                 mSettings.checkConfiguration = true;
 
+            else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--check-headers") == 0)
+                mSettings.checkHeaders = true;
+
             // Check level
             else if (std::strncmp(argv[i], "--check-level=", 14) == 0) {
                 Settings::CheckLevel level = Settings::CheckLevel::normal;
@@ -991,6 +994,9 @@ CmdLineParser::Result CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const a
                     return Result::Fail;
             }
 
+            else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--no-check-headers") == 0)
+                mSettings.checkHeaders = false;
+
             // undocumented option for usage in Python tests to indicate that no build dir should be injected
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--no-cppcheck-build-dir") == 0) {
                 mSettings.buildDir.clear();

Diff for: lib/settings.h

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB WARN_UNUSED Settings {
     /**
      * Check code in the headers, this is on by default but can
      * be turned off to save CPU */
-    bool checkHeaders = true; // TODO: CLI
+    bool checkHeaders = true;
 
     /** Check for incomplete info in library files? */
     bool checkLibrary{};

Diff for: test/cli/other_test.py

@@ -3163,4 +3163,37 @@ def test_dir_ignore(tmp_path):
         'Checking {} ...'.format(test_file)
     ]
 
-    assert_cppcheck(args, ec_exp=0, err_exp=[], out_exp=out_lines, cwd=str(tmp_path))
+    assert_cppcheck(args, ec_exp=0, err_exp=[], out_exp=out_lines, cwd=str(tmp_path))
+
+
+
+def test_check_headers(tmp_path):
+    test_file_h = tmp_path / 'test.h'
+    with open(test_file_h, 'wt') as f:
+        f.write(
+            """
+            inline void hdr()
+            {
+                (void)(*((int*)0));
+            }
+            """)
+
+    test_file_c = tmp_path / 'test.c'
+    with open(test_file_c, 'wt') as f:
+        f.write(
+            """
+            #include "test.h"
+            
+            void f() {}
+            """)
+
+    args = [
+        '-q',
+        '--template=simple',
+        '--no-check-headers',
+        str(test_file_c)
+    ]
+    exitcode, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(args)
+    assert exitcode == 0, stdout
+    assert stdout.splitlines() == []
+    assert stderr.splitlines() == []  # no error since the header is not checked

Diff for: test/testcmdlineparser.cpp

@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ class TestCmdlineParser : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(debugXmlMultiple);
         TEST_CASE(debugNormalXmlMultiple);
         TEST_CASE(debugIgnore);
+        TEST_CASE(checkHeaders);
+        TEST_CASE(noCheckHeaders);
+        TEST_CASE(noCheckHeaders2);
 
         TEST_CASE(ignorepaths1);
         TEST_CASE(ignorepaths2);
@@ -2988,6 +2991,27 @@ class TestCmdlineParser : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, settings->debugignore);
     }
 
+    void checkHeaders() {
+        REDIRECT;
+        const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--check-headers", "file.cpp"};
+        ASSERT_EQUALS_ENUM(CmdLineParser::Result::Success, parser->parseFromArgs(3, argv));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, settings->checkHeaders);
+    }
+
+    void noCheckHeaders() {
+        REDIRECT;
+        const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--no-check-headers", "file.cpp"};
+        ASSERT_EQUALS_ENUM(CmdLineParser::Result::Success, parser->parseFromArgs(3, argv));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, settings->checkHeaders);
+    }
+
+    void noCheckHeaders2() {
+        REDIRECT;
+        const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--check-headers", "--no-check-headers", "file.cpp"};
+        ASSERT_EQUALS_ENUM(CmdLineParser::Result::Success, parser->parseFromArgs(4, argv));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, settings->checkHeaders);
+    }
+
     void ignorepaths1() {
         REDIRECT;
         const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "-isrc", "file.cpp"};