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include-what-you-use

Include What You Use (IWYU) skill for optimizing C/C++ header includes. Use when reducing compilation cascades, interpreting IWYU reports, applying mapping files, deciding between forward declarations and full includes, or integrating IWYU with CMake. Activates on queries about IWYU, include-what-you-use, header bloat, reducing includes, forward declarations, compilation cascade, or slow C++ compilation from headers.

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Installation and usage

Include What You Use (IWYU) skill for optimizing C/C++ header includes. Use when reducing compilation cascades, interpreting IWYU reports, applying mapping files, deciding between forward declarations and full includes, or integrating IWYU with CMake. Activates on queries about IWYU, include-what-you-use, header bloat, reducing includes, forward declarations, compilation cascade, or slow C++ compilation from headers.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use include-what-you-use