We have big news for our dear C and C++ SonarQube users. Configuring the analysis requires some skills; at times, it can get technical and tedious, with a few known caveats.
We unleashed the talent of our mighty engineers, and they made our C and C++ analyzer smart enough to configure itself. Hence the name AutoConfig. As a result:
- No need to worry about compiler support
- No need to worry about build-wrapper or compilation database
- No need to know anything about the project to configure, nor C neither C++
It works as well as a manually configured analysis for most projects.
How to use it? If you donāt provide a compilation database (generated through the build-wrapper or any other way), AutoConfig will kick in, and your C and C++ code will be automatically analyzed during the scan. As simple as it gets. It was a great moment to revise our C and C++ documentation and it includes all you need to know about AutoConfig.
AutoConfig will land in SonarQube 10.6, and we are looking forward to your feedback on this 
Note that this is a SonarQube-only feature, as SonarCloud benefits from Automatic analysis for C and C++.