The IDE integrations were made for VS Code, but they can also be used in other IDEs/tools if relevant.
For this reason they always require .vscode to be present in the sparse checkout.
You can add the folder using
git sparse-checkout add .vscode
Users that prefer full checkout do not have to modify their package_filters.txt file
and include the folder there.
The ATLAS_ENABLE_IDE_HELPERS CMake flag is used to toggle IDE integrations on (they are disabled by default).
If building a project other than WorkDir, CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS should also be turned on.
A minimal for the CMake command is
cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=TRUE -DATLAS_ENABLE_IDE_HELPERS=TRUE ../athena/Projects/WorkDir
After building the code, several tools prefixed with ide_ will be present in the build directory.
Additionally env.txt describing the Python environment and compile_commands.json describing C++ build rules are also available.
More details about the integrations and how to use them are available in
C++ & Debugging
and
Python
sections of the guide.