i want to "freeze" create a snapshot of a compile_commands.json file e.g. [ { "directory": "/home/user/development/project", "command": "/usr/bin/c++ ... -c ../foo/foo.cc", "file": "../foo/foo.cc" }, ... { "directory": "/home/user/development/project", "command": "/usr/bin/c++ ... -c ../foo/bar.cc", "file": "../foo/bar.cc" } ] so what interest me are the flags and settings for the compiler in "command":. lets say i have: current compile_commands.json -> create snapshot of commands flags/settings new compile_commands.json -> compare against current compile_commands.json now the only time the script should report a change is e.g. : - flag has been removed - new flag has been added - content changed e.g. std=c++11 to c++14 or some include beeing modified in case only the positions of the same flags/settings have been changed then nothing shall trigger because the content is still the same just already known flags/settings have been positioned differently. is there a way in python to create such snapshots and then compare and detect only actual content change ? Continue reading...
