Getting compile_commands.json from clang

The clang compiler has an option that can be used to create elements of the compile_commands.json:

clang++ -MJ a.o.json -Wall -std=c++11 -o a.o -c a.cpp clang++ -MJ b.o.json -Wall -std=c++11 -o b.o -c b.cpp

You can then combine all the individual json files into one compile_commands.json, as described in the link below:

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