Last week, the open-source project I created and maintain, cpp-linter-action, reached a small milestone:
🌟 GitHub Star count surpassed 100!
While this number isn’t huge, it’s a small milestone for me—it’s the first time one of my projects has received over 100 stars on GitHub. It’s a validation of the project and gives me the motivation to continue maintaining it.
My first commit to this project was on April 26, 2021, and almost 4 years have passed. Looking back, I’m glad I haven’t been idle and have left behind something useful for others.
As the project has evolved, so has its user base. I estimate that thousands of projects are currently using this Action.
These include several well-known organizations and open-source projects, such as:
- Microsoft
- Apache
- NASA
- CachyOS
- nextcloud
- Jupyter
Most importantly, this process has taught me many new skills and knowledge, and it’s maintained a “side hustle” habit for me:
My phone isn’t just for WeChat and Douyin (TikTok), but also for GitHub.
This project also became a springboard for my subsequent work. I later created the cpp-linter organization to maintain and release binary versions and Docker images of clang-tools with other developers. I also developed cpp-linter-hooks, providing users with clang-format and clang-tidy pre-commit hooks for easier use.
Without being immodest:
If your project is developed in C/C++, and you want to use
clang-formatandclang-tidy, then cpp-linter is an unavoidable option.
Finally, I welcome your feedback and suggestions, and you’re welcome to contact me via Issue or Discussions!
If you find this project helpful, please leave a message on the WeChat official account “DevOps攻城狮” or give the project a star on GitHub to show your support!
—— Written on 2025-04-15 12:49 AM