Implement enhanced integration with clang-tidy

[ci70]

Implement support for clang extra tools.

• clang-include-fixer
• clang-format
• clang-refactor
• clang-analyzer
• clang-tidy
• clang-rename

EDIT: This issue will just cover clang-tidy. The remaining tools are covered by issue #7276

[sean-mcmanus]

We support clang-format already. Other VS Code extensions might exist that use the other clang tools.

[ci70]

Ugh. They don't.

[lawsonfulton]

Here's another vote for clang-tidy

[skomik]

And another vote for clang-tidy

[tehKaiN]

There's an extension for clang-tidy (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alesiong.clang-tidy-linter) but apparently it's incomplete (some TODOs) and discontinued (last update about year ago).

So, what's the decision for supporting linting in vscode-cpptools? Is it on the roadmap or should we rely on other extensions?

[sean-mcmanus]

@tehKaiN It's not on our extension's roadmap currently.

[sean-mcmanus]

It looks like Visual Studio has added support for clang-tidy: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/code-analysis-with-clang-tidy-in-visual-studio/ ...but VS doesn't run on Mac/Linux.

[Adobe-Android]

I still think that clang-tidy support should be added as a first-party feature, but it looks like progress has been made in this space. I'm happily using the following extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=notskm.clang-tidy

[Shatur]

Yes, it would be nice to have because using it as a separate extension (https://github.com/notskm/vscode-clang-tidy for example) is incredibly slow.

https://github.com/clangd/vscode-clangd have support for clang-tidy, but it not as good as this plugin.

[Adobe-Android]

I believe it makes sense for Microsoft to start looking at this. The only real alternative will no longer be maintained.
notskm/vscode-clang-tidy#45
Is there anywhere else where we can vote for this feature that would have more visibility?