Add generic Linux dev setup & bootstrap - #2035
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Note to self: I still need to toy around with Zed more to make sure this is solid. Note to self 2: Get more details on @Agiel 's specific Zed workflows to make sure I covered his concerns adequately. |
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#2052 is merged in, |
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Just verified Zed fully. It worked about as well as they described from their new (Jan 2026) devcontainer support. @Agiel Hopes this helps to stop from switching IDEs so much. 🤞 Check out the videos above. |
src/.vscode/tasks.json ran ./buildallprojects, and .gitattributes pinned line endings for the same file. Neither exists: the script came from the source-sdk-2013 import and never survived the move to CMake presets, so the task could only ever fail on invocation.
Run tools/ntre-dev-setup.sh, reload your editor, and go-to-definition works across src/game. It changes nothing about how NT;RE is built. A unity build's compile_commands.json lists only the generated unity_*.cxx blobs, so roughly 1300 translation units carry no compile flags an indexer can use. Navigation and completion are dead across most of src/game. What the script does: 1. Adds a "Linux Debug (IntelliSense index only)" preset to the git-ignored src/CMakeUserPresets.json, with NEO_UNITY_BUILD_CLIENT_SERVER and NEO_UNITY_BUILD_OTHERS set to OFF. 2. Configures that directory for its compile database alone. Nothing is built from it, and your real build directory keeps whatever unity settings you gave it. 3. Symlinks compile_commands.json at the repo root, where nearly every C++ tool probes for it. 4. Writes a .clangd that drops the GCC-only flags clang rejects. 5. Installs a pinned, checksummed clangd under .ide/. The sniper image ships clangd 13, which is too early for the repo's C++20. The script runs from the dev container (the CI image plus a non-root account matched to the local UID, so bind-mount files stay user-owned under rootful docker), from the tracked VS Code tasks, or directly from a shell. The output is a plain compile database, so any editor that speaks clangd works, not only VS Code. Everything generated is git-ignored. *.sh gains eol=lf so a Windows checkout cannot produce a script that fails to run.
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Optional developer tooling for Linux + Clang. It does not change how NT;RE builds.
tools/ntre-dev-setup.sh— sets up working C++ IntelliSense: a pinnedclangd, acompile_commands.jsonsymlinked at the repo root, and a.clangdcarrying the flags the SteamRT toolchain needs..devcontainer/— a dev container on the same sniper SDK image the CI runners use, which runs that script on first open.Why the script is needed: a unity build's
compile_commands.jsonlists only the generatedunity_*.cxxblobs, so roughly 1300 translation units get no compile flags and indexing is dead across most ofsrc/game. The script works around that with a separate, build free CMake directory configured with the unity options off, written to the git-ignoredsrc/CMakeUserPresets.json. Your real build directory keeps whatever settings you gave it, and nothing is ever compiled from the IntelliSense one.Editor config for VS Code and Zed is written on request. Everything generated is git-ignored, and the existing Qt Creator and CLI build workflows are untouched.
Also removes two Source SDK leftovers: the
buildallprojectsgitattributes entry andsrc/.vscode/tasks.json, which both refer to a build script this repo no longer has.Note
Rebased on #2052
Rebased onto @nullsystem's 6d33c0e, which adds the
NEO_UNITY_BUILD_CLIENT_SERVERandNEO_UNITY_BUILD_OTHERSoptions. The IntelliSense preset sets both toOFFfor itself alone. Following @Masterkatze's review, this branch no longer touches shared build defaults or injects CMake code into the project. That commit appears in the diff below until #2052 merges. This also gives me another day to hammer on Zed a bit.Trying it out
git clonethis repo and check out this branch..cppfile undersrc/and confirm go-to-definition and completion work.Requires Docker or Podman on the host. The
README.mdcovers running the script outside a container.Toolchain
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Zed Example
clip-zed-demo.mp4
task-refresh-compile-db.mp4