From 5626ce8358cd438dc4ce8cde143dbb7934ecbfa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davidramnero <davidramnero@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 12:28:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] cleaner flow for starting client

---
 src/extension.ts | 43 ++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 047b2d0..4ca5e63 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -205,37 +205,22 @@ async function runCppcheckOnFileXML(
     });
 
     let proc;
+    const args = [
+        '--enable=all',
+        '--inline-suppr',
+        '--xml',
+        '--suppress=unusedFunction',
+        '--suppress=missingInclude',
+        '--suppress=missingIncludeSystem',
+        ...argsParsed,
+    ].filter(Boolean);
     if (processedArgs.includes("--project")) {
-        const args = [
-            '--enable=all',
-            '--inline-suppr',
-            '--xml',
-            '--suppress=unusedFunction',
-            '--suppress=missingInclude',
-            '--suppress=missingIncludeSystem',
-            `--file-filter=${filePath}`,
-            ...argsParsed,
-        ].filter(Boolean);
-        proc = cp.spawn(commandPath, args, {
-            cwd: path.dirname(document.fileName),
-        });
-    } else {
-        const args = [
-            '--enable=all',
-            '--inline-suppr',
-            '--xml',
-            '--suppress=unusedFunction',
-            '--suppress=missingInclude',
-            '--suppress=missingIncludeSystem',
-            ...argsParsed,
-            filePath,
-        ].filter(Boolean);
-
-        const cwd = findWorkspaceRoot();
-        proc = cp.spawn(commandPath, args, {
-            cwd,
-        });
+        args.push(`--file-filter=${filePath}`);
     }
+    const cwd = findWorkspaceRoot();
+    proc = cp.spawn(commandPath, args, {
+        cwd,
+    });
 
     // if spawn fails (e.g. ENOENT or permission denied)
     proc.on("error", (err) => {

From 2cdebc032fe1d768c87cfda76fea52155429e69f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davidramnero <davidramnero@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:15:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] handle array input

---
 src/extension.ts | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 4ca5e63..4b1a2c6 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as cp from 'child_process';
-import * as path from "path";
 import * as xml2js from 'xml2js';
 
 import { documentationLinkMap } from './util/documentation';
@@ -100,6 +99,11 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
         const commandPath = userPath ? resolvePath(userPath) : "cppcheck";
 
         var  args = config.get<string>("cppcheck-official.arguments", "");
+        // If user enter arguments as array we parse them into space separated string format
+        if (args.startsWith("[") && args.endsWith("]")) {
+            args = args.replaceAll("[", "").replaceAll("]", "").replaceAll(",", " ");
+        }
+        
         var processedArgs = '';
         // If argument field contains command to run script we do so here
         if (args.includes('@(')) {
@@ -195,10 +199,11 @@ async function runCppcheckOnFileXML(
 
     // Resolve paths for arguments where applicable
     const argsParsed = processedArgs.split(" ").map((arg) => {
-        const isPathArgument = pathVariableArgs.some(a => arg.startsWith(a));
+        let cleanedArg = arg.replaceAll("\"","");
+        const isPathArgument = pathVariableArgs.some(a => cleanedArg.startsWith(a));
         // Some arguments such as addon may be either a path or the name of a built in addon
-        if (isPathArgument && looksLikePath(arg)) {
-            const splitArg = arg.split('=');
+        if (isPathArgument && looksLikePath(cleanedArg)) {
+            const splitArg = cleanedArg.split('=');
             return `${splitArg[0]}=${resolvePath(splitArg[1])}`;
         }
         return arg;
@@ -216,6 +221,8 @@ async function runCppcheckOnFileXML(
     ].filter(Boolean);
     if (processedArgs.includes("--project")) {
         args.push(`--file-filter=${filePath}`);
+    } else {
+        args.push(filePath);
     }
     const cwd = findWorkspaceRoot();
     proc = cp.spawn(commandPath, args, {