FIXINCLUDES(1)

💖 fixincludes(1) — the girlies' guide to trimming your #includes 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for fixincludes, section 1 of the manual. yes, that section 1. we're in the big leagues now. sit down, grab a boba, and let's clean up your source files together 🧋✨

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✨ NAME ✨

fixincludes — Reduce the number of #includes in KDE source files 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

fixincludes [-v, --verbose] [-e, --experimental] [-m, --modify] [file]
            [--help]

look at her. so simple. so elegant. she ate. 🔥

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the vibe: fixincludes tries to reduce the number of #includes in C++ source files. iconic behaviour, honestly. less clutter, more slay. 💅

but real talk — much of its processing is specific to KDE sources, so it might not work so well with sources for non-KDE applications. she's a KDE girlie through and through, and she's not gonna pretend otherwise. no cap. 🙈

so what problems does she spot? here's the list, bestie:

• Including headers that are no longer supported but which exist for compatibility with older Qt/KDE versions 👀
• Including the same file multiple times 😭 (girl. we talked about this.)

there's also an experimental mode which tries removing each #include one at a time (with a few exceptions) to see whether the source still compiles. ooh, spicy. 🌶️

⚠️ bestie, listen to me very carefully: this experimental mode will modify the original sources. it's not playing. it's not joking. it will touch your files. 🫶

by default though? the sources will not be modified. the identified problems will simply be written to standard output. so you can peek without committing. we love a low-stakes vibe check. ✨

now — which files are we even looking at? the list of C++ sources to examine should be given on the command-line. that's it, that's the rule. but if no files are given, all C++ sources in or beneath the current directory will be examined — with the exception of directories whose Makefile.am contains -UQT_NO_COMPAT or -UKDE_NO_COMPAT. she's thorough, but she knows where she's not wanted. 😌

and for the record: this utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit. 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -v, --verbose — Verbose mode, bestie. Additional debugging output is written to standard output. she's telling you everything she's thinking. main character energy, honestly. 🗣️✨
• -e, --experimental — Experimental mode, as described above in detail. and heads up: this option implies --modify. so like, yes, she will be touching your files. do not say we didn't warn you. 💀
• -m, --modify — As well as writing messages to standard output, actually modify the original sources to fix any problems that were found. committing to the bit. obsessed. 💖

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🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

fixincludes was written by Dirk Mueller <mueller@kde.org>. thank you for your service, king. 👑

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Ben Burton <bab@debian.org>

• Author. yes that's literally the whole description and honestly? valid. periodt. 💅

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉 this one came from the [FIXME: source] source and it's dated 2003-04-07 — an absolute vintage icon, truly ahead of her time. go forth, trim those includes, and remember: no duplicates, no outdated compat headers, no regrets 💖✨🦋🎀