C/C++ Include Guard installs statistics

Insert C/C++ Include Guard Macros

The C/C++ Include Guard extension enables you to add, remove or update include guard macros to your C/C++ header files in one go.

Thanks to contributors: @erkan-ozkan, @HO-COOH, @sleiner, @Philanatidae, @alexolog

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Automatically insert include guard when creating a new header file

Insert and Remove include guard

Update existing include guard

Automatically update include guard when renaming a header file

Features

• Generates include guard macros from GUID (or UUID v4), file name or file path. All non-alphanumeric characters are replaced with underscores.

// GUID
#define E8A33412_A210_4F05_99A4_F6E2019B7137
// File name
#define UTILS_H
// File path form the prject root
#define FOO_BAR_UTILS_H

• Selectable comment style on #endif. Block, line or none.

/* Block comment. */
#endif /* AE2E827A_F4B3_422C_801F_DF9020986F2B */

// Line comment.
#endif // B93E7584_5E15_48C3_9D9C_92263000BF7B

// Without comment.
#endif

• Prevents GUIDs from starting with a decimal number. (Optional)

// Can prevent ill-formed macros like this.
#define 47A7840C_D31B_4D39_BF77_E5E957F0A97A

• Adds a cusomizable prefix and/or suffix. (Optional)

#define ABC_7FE87DA8_601D_4D8E_AEE5_E6BE6EAB5678_XYZ

• Shortens redundant underscores. (Optional)

// From a path like 'foo/_bar_/utils.h'.
#define FOO_BAR_UTILS_H     // not FOO__BAR__UTILS_H

• Removes the file extension. (Optional)

// From a path like 'foo/bar/utils.h'.
#define FOO_BAR_UTILS

• Selectable number of folders which should be used for include guard. (Optional)

// From a path like 'foo/bar/utils.h'.
#define BAR_UTILS

• Skips comment blocks at the beginning of a file. (Optional)
• Inserts a blank line after the first comment blocks. (Optional)

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2019 Akira Miyakoda
 *
 * This software is released under the MIT License.
 * https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 */

#ifndef FOO_BAR_UTILS_H     // <- Inserted here.
#define FOO_BAR_UTILS_H

• Removes #pragma once when an include guard is added. (Optional)

• Customizable number of spaces between #endif and its comment.