From 7a2a23c51c0bb1193ad8a1baeb4197a477e5b029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YayIguess <braidengent@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 19:41:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] compile_commands.json

---
 .gitignore     |  1 +
 CMakeLists.txt | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77724da..b104992 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 cmake-build-debug/
 build/
+.cache/
 .idea
 
 roms/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bd46da3..832f24d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 project(GameBoy++)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -18,4 +19,14 @@ add_executable(GameBoy++ src/main.cpp
         src/testing.hpp
         src/joypad.cpp
 )
-target_link_libraries(GameBoy++ ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
\ No newline at end of file
+target_link_libraries(GameBoy++ ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
+
+if(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS)
+  add_custom_target(copy_compile_commands ALL
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+            ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+    COMMENT "Copying compile_commands.json to project root")
+endif()
+