NAME infer - static analysis for Java and C/C++/Objective-C/Objective-C++ SYNOPSIS infer analyze [options] infer capture [options] infer compile [options] infer report [options] infer reportdiff [options] infer run [options] infer --compilation-database[-escaped] file [options] infer [options] -- compile command infer [options] DESCRIPTION Infer is a static analyzer. Given a collection of source files written in Java or in languages of the C family, and a command to build them, infer produces a list of potential issues. Infer consists of a collection of tools referenced in the SEE ALSO section of this manual. See their respective manuals for more information. When run without a subcommand, and if a compilation command is specified via the -- option or one of the --clang-compilation-database[-escaped] options, then infer behaves as infer-run(1). Otherwise, infer behaves as infer-analyze(1). OPTIONS Every infer command accepts the arguments from all the other infer commands. Options are read from the .inferconfig file, then from the INFER_ARGS environment variable, then from the command line. Options in INFER_ARGS take precedence over options in .inferconfig, and options passed on the command line take precedence over options in INFER_ARGS. See the ENVIRONMENT and FILES sections of this manual for more information. Options can be specified inside an argument file file by passing @file as argument. The format is one option per line, and enclosing single ' and double " quotes are ignored. Options without a default value (e.g., --linter) and options with list-like values (e.g., --Xbuck) all have a corresponding --option-reset flag that resets their values to nothing or the empty list, respectively. For instance, --Xbuck-reset will cancel any previous --Xbuck option passed to infer. See the manuals of individual infer commands for details about their supported options. The following is a list of all the supported options (see also --help-full for options reserved for internal use). --no-annotation-reachability Deactivates: the annotation reachability checker. Given a pair of source and sink annotation, e.g. @PerformanceCritical and @Expensive, this checker will warn whenever some method annotated with @PerformanceCritical calls, directly or indirectly, another method annotated with @Expensive (Conversely: --annotation-reachability) See also infer-analyze(1). --annotation-reachability-custom-pairs json Specify custom sources/sink for the annotation reachability checker Example format: for custom annotations com.my.annotation.{Source1,Source2,Sink1} { "sources" : ["Source1", "Source2"], "sink" : "Sink1" } (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --annotation-reachability-only Activates: Enable --annotation-reachability and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-annotation-reachability-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --append-buck-flavors +string Additional Buck flavors to append to targets discovered by the --buck-compilation-database option. See also infer-capture(1). --no-biabduction Deactivates: the separation logic based bi-abduction analysis using the checkers framework (Conversely: --biabduction) See also infer-analyze(1). --biabduction-only Activates: Enable --biabduction and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-biabduction-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --bo-debug int Debug level for buffer-overrun checker (0-4) (default: 0) See also infer-analyze(1). --bo-relational-domain { oct | poly } Select a relational domain being used in the bufferoverrun checker (experimental) See also infer-analyze(1). --bootclasspath string Specify the Java bootclasspath See also infer-capture(1). --buck-blacklist +regex Skip capture of files matched by the specified regular expression (only the "flavors (C++)" Buck integration is supported, not Java). See also infer-capture(1) and infer-run(1). --buck-compilation-database { no-deps | deps } Buck integration using the compilation database, with or without dependencies. See also infer-capture(1). --buck-compilation-database-depth int Depth of dependencies used by the --buck-compilation-database deps option. By default, all recursive dependencies are captured. See also infer-capture(1). --buck-out dir Specify the root directory of buck-out See also infer-capture(1). --bufferoverrun Activates: the buffer overrun analysis (Conversely: --no-bufferoverrun) See also infer-analyze(1). --bufferoverrun-only Activates: Enable --bufferoverrun and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-bufferoverrun-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --capture-blacklist regex Skip capture of files matched by the specified OCaml regular expression (only supported by the javac integration for now). See also infer-capture(1) and infer-run(1). --changed-files-index file Specify the file containing the list of source files from which reactive analysis should start. Source files should be specified relative to project root or be absolute See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-diff(1). --clang-biniou-file file Specify a file containing the AST of the program, in biniou format See also infer-capture(1). --class-loads Activates: Java class loading analysis (Conversely: --no-class-loads) See also infer-analyze(1). --class-loads-only Activates: Enable --class-loads and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-class-loads-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --compilation-database +path File that contain compilation commands (can be specified multiple times) See also infer-capture(1). --compilation-database-escaped +path File that contain compilation commands where all entries are escaped for the shell, eg coming from Xcode (can be specified multiple times) See also infer-capture(1). --compute-analytics Activates: Emit analytics as info-level issues, like component kit line count and component kit file cyclomatic complexity (Conversely: --no-compute-analytics) See also infer-capture(1) and infer-run(1). --continue Activates: Continue the capture for the reactive analysis, increasing the changed files/procedures. (If a procedure was changed beforehand, keep the changed marking.) (Conversely: --no-continue) See also infer-analyze(1). --cost Activates: checker for performance cost analysis (Conversely: --no-cost) See also infer-analyze(1). --cost-only Activates: Enable --cost and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-cost-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --costs-current path Costs report of the latest revision See also infer-reportdiff(1). --costs-previous path Costs report of the base revision to use for comparison See also infer-reportdiff(1). --current-to-previous-script shell Specify a script to checkout a previous version of the project to compare against, assuming we are on the current version already. See also infer-diff(1). --custom-symbols json Specify named lists of symbols available to rules (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --no-cxx Deactivates: Analyze C++ methods (Conversely: --cxx) See also infer-capture(1). --cxx-infer-headers Activates: Include C++ header models during compilation. Infer swaps some C++ headers for its own in order to get a better model of, eg, the standard library. This can sometimes cause compilation failures. (Conversely: --no-cxx-infer-headers) See also infer-capture(1). --cxx-scope-guards json Specify scope guard classes that can be read only by destructors without being reported as dead stores. (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --debug,-g Activates: Debug mode (also sets --debug-level 2, --developer-mode, --no-filtering, --print-buckets, --print-types, --reports-include-ml-loc, --no-only-cheap-debug, --trace-error, --write-dotty, --write-html) (Conversely: --no-debug | -G) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --debug-level level Debug level (sets --bo-debug level, --debug-level-analysis level, --debug-level-capture level, --debug-level-linters level): - 0: only basic debugging enabled - 1: verbose debugging enabled - 2: very verbose debugging enabled See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --debug-level-analysis int Debug level for the analysis. See --debug-level for accepted values. (default: 0) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --debug-level-capture int Debug level for the capture. See --debug-level for accepted values. (default: 0) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --debug-level-linters int Debug level for the linters. See --debug-level for accepted values. (default: 0) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --no-default-checkers Deactivates: Default checkers: --annotation-reachability, --biabduction, --fragment-retains-view, --immutable-cast, --linters, --liveness, --ownership, --racerd, --siof, --uninit (Conversely: --default-checkers) See also infer-analyze(1). --no-default-linters Deactivates: Use the default linters for the analysis. (Conversely: --default-linters) See also infer-capture(1). --dependencies Activates: Translate all the dependencies during the capture. The classes in the given jar file will be translated. No sources needed. (Conversely: --no-dependencies) See also infer-capture(1). --differential-filter-files string Specify the file containing the list of source files for which a differential report is desired. Source files should be specified relative to project root or be absolute See also infer-report(1). --disable-issue-type +issue_type Do not show reports coming from this type of issue. Each checker can report a range of issue types. This option provides fine-grained filtering over which types of issue should be reported once the checkers have run. In particular, note that disabling issue types does not make the corresponding checker not run. By default, the following issue types are disabled: ANALYSIS_STOPS, ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L1, ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L2, ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L3, BUFFER_OVERRUN_L4, BUFFER_OVERRUN_L5, BUFFER_OVERRUN_U5, CLASS_CAST_EXCEPTION, CONDITION_ALWAYS_FALSE, CONDITION_ALWAYS_TRUE, DANGLING_POINTER_DEREFERENCE, DIVIDE_BY_ZERO, EXPENSIVE_EXECUTION_TIME_CALL, GLOBAL_VARIABLE_INITIALIZED_WITH_FUNCTION_OR_METHOD_CALL, INFINITE_EXECUTION_TIME_CALL, INTEGER_OVERFLOW_L5, INTEGER_OVERFLOW_U5, NULL_TEST_AFTER_DEREFERENCE, RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED, STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE, UNARY_MINUS_APPLIED_TO_UNSIGNED_EXPRESSION, UNTRUSTED_BUFFER_ACCESS, UNTRUSTED_HEAP_ALLOCATION, ZERO_EXECUTION_TIME_CALL. See also --report-issue-type. (default: ANALYSIS_STOPS,ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L1,ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L2,ARRAY_OUT_OF_BOUNDS_L3,BUFFER_OVERRUN_L4,BUFFER_OVERRUN_L5,BUFFER_OVERRUN_U5,CLASS_CAST_EXCEPTION,CONDITION_ALWAYS_FALSE,CONDITION_ALWAYS_TRUE,DANGLING_POINTER_DEREFERENCE,DIVIDE_BY_ZERO,EXPENSIVE_EXECUTION_TIME_CALL,GLOBAL_VARIABLE_INITIALIZED_WITH_FUNCTION_OR_METHOD_CALL,INFINITE_EXECUTION_TIME_CALL,INTEGER_OVERFLOW_L5,INTEGER_OVERFLOW_U5,NULL_TEST_AFTER_DEREFERENCE,RETURN_VALUE_IGNORED,STACK_VARIABLE_ADDRESS_ESCAPE,UNARY_MINUS_APPLIED_TO_UNSIGNED_EXPRESSION,UNTRUSTED_BUFFER_ACCESS,UNTRUSTED_HEAP_ALLOCATION,ZERO_EXECUTION_TIME_CALL) See also infer-report(1). --dump-duplicate-symbols Activates: Dump all symbols with the same name that are defined in more than one file. (Conversely: --no-dump-duplicate-symbols) See also infer-capture(1). --enable-issue-type +issue_type Show reports coming from this type of issue. By default, all issue types are enabled except the ones listed in --disable-issue-type. Note that enabling issue types does not make the corresponding checker run; see individual checker options to turn them on or off. See also infer-report(1). --eradicate Activates: the eradicate @Nullable checker for Java annotations (Conversely: --no-eradicate) See also infer-analyze(1). --eradicate-only Activates: Enable --eradicate and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-eradicate-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --external-java-packages +prefix Specify a list of Java package prefixes for external Java packages. If set, the analysis will not report non-actionable warnings on those packages. See also infer-analyze(1). --fail-on-issue Activates: Exit with error code 2 if Infer found something to report (Conversely: --no-fail-on-issue) See also infer-run(1). --file-renamings path JSON with a list of file renamings to use while computing differential reports See also infer-reportdiff(1). --filter-report +string Specify a filter for issues to report. If multiple filters are specified, they are applied in the order in which they are specified. Each filter is applied to each issue detected, and only issues which are accepted by all filters are reported. Each filter is of the form: `::`. The first two components are OCaml Str regular expressions, with an optional `!` character prefix. If a regex has a `!` prefix, the polarity is inverted, and the filter becomes a "blacklist" instead of a "whitelist". Each filter is interpreted as an implication: an issue matches if it does not match the `issue_type_regex` or if it does match the `filename_regex`. The filenames that are tested by the regex are relative to the `--project-root` directory. The `` is a non-empty string used to explain why the issue was filtered. See also infer-report(1) and infer-run(1). --no-filtering,-F Deactivates: Do not show the experimental and blacklisted issue types (Conversely: --filtering | -f) See also infer-report(1). --flavors Activates: Buck integration using Buck flavors (clang only), eg `infer --flavors -- buck build //foo:bar#infer` (Conversely: --no-flavors) See also infer-capture(1). --force-delete-results-dir Activates: Do not refuse to delete the results directory if it doesn't look like an infer results directory. (Conversely: --no-force-delete-results-dir) See also infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), and infer-run(1). --force-integration command Proceed as if the first argument after -- was command. Possible values: ant, buck, gradle, gradlew, java, javac, cc, clang, gcc, clang++, c++, g++, make, configure, cmake, waf, mvn, mvnw, ndk-build, xcodebuild. See also infer-capture(1) and infer-run(1). --no-fragment-retains-view Deactivates: detects when Android fragments are not explicitly nullified before becoming unreabable (Conversely: --fragment-retains-view) See also infer-analyze(1). --fragment-retains-view-only Activates: Enable --fragment-retains-view and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-fragment-retains-view-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --from-json-report report.json Load analysis results from a report file (default is to load the results from the specs files generated by the analysis). See also infer-report(1). --frontend-tests Activates: Save filename.ext.test.dot with the cfg in dotty format for frontend tests (also sets --print-types) (Conversely: --no-frontend-tests) See also infer-capture(1). --gen-previous-build-command-script shell Specify a script that outputs the build command to capture in the previous version of the project. The script should output the command on stdout. For example "echo make". See also infer-diff(1). --generated-classes path Specify where to load the generated class files See also infer-capture(1). --headers Activates: Analyze code in header files (Conversely: --no-headers) See also infer-capture(1). --help Show this manual See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-explore(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --help-format { auto | groff | pager | plain } Show this help in the specified format. auto sets the format to plain if the environment variable TERM is "dumb" or undefined, and to pager otherwise. (default: auto) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-explore(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --help-full Show this manual with all internal options in the INTERNAL OPTIONS section See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-explore(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), and infer-run(1). --hoisting-report-only-expensive Activates: [Hoisting] Report loop-invariant calls only when the function is expensive, i.e. at least linear (Conversely: --no-hoisting-report-only-expensive) See also infer-report(1). --html Activates: Generate html report. (Conversely: --no-html) See also infer-explore(1). --no-immutable-cast Deactivates: the detection of object cast from immutable type to mutable type. For instance, it will detect cast from ImmutableList to List, ImmutableMap to Map, and ImmutableSet to Set. (Conversely: --immutable-cast) See also infer-analyze(1). --immutable-cast-only Activates: Enable --immutable-cast and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-immutable-cast-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --iphoneos-target-sdk-version string Specify the target SDK version to use for iphoneos See also infer-capture(1). --iphoneos-target-sdk-version-path-regex +string To pass a specific target SDK version to use for iphoneos in a particular path, with the format path:version (can be specified multiple times) See also infer-capture(1). --issues-fields ,-separated sequence of { bug_type | bucket | qualifier | severity | line | column | procedure | procedure_start_line | file | bug_trace | key | hash | line_offset | qualifier_contains_potential_exception_note } Fields to emit with --issues-tests (default: file procedure line_offset bug_type bucket severity bug_trace) See also infer-report(1). --issues-tests file Write a list of issues in a format suitable for tests to file See also infer-report(1). --issues-txt file Write a list of issues in text format to file (default: infer-out/bugs.txt) See also infer-report(1). --java-jar-compiler path Specify the Java compiler jar used to generate the bytecode See also infer-capture(1). --jobs,-j int Run the specified number of analysis jobs simultaneously (default: ) See also infer-analyze(1). --keep-going Activates: Keep going when the analysis encounters a failure (Conversely: --no-keep-going) See also infer-analyze(1). --linter string From the linters available, only run this one linter. (Useful together with --linters-developer-mode) See also infer-capture(1). --no-linters Deactivates: syntactic linters (Conversely: --linters) See also infer-analyze(1). --linters-def-file +file Specify the file containing linters definition (e.g. 'linters.al') See also infer-capture(1). --linters-def-folder +dir Specify the folder containing linters files with extension .al See also infer-capture(1). --linters-developer-mode Activates: Debug mode for developing new linters. (Sets the analyzer to linters; also sets --debug, --debug-level-linters 2, --developer-mode, and unsets --allowed-failures and --default-linters. (Conversely: --no-linters-developer-mode) See also infer-capture(1). --linters-doc-url +string Specify custom documentation URL for some linter that overrides the default one. Useful if your project has specific ways of fixing a lint error that is not true in general or public info. Format: linter_name:doc_url. See also infer-capture(1). --linters-ignore-clang-failures Activates: Continue linting files even if some compilation fails. (Conversely: --no-linters-ignore-clang-failures) See also infer-capture(1). --linters-only Activates: Enable --linters and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-linters-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --linters-validate-syntax-only Activates: Validate syntax of AL files, then emit possible errors in JSON format to stdout (Conversely: --no-linters-validate-syntax-only) See also infer-capture(1). --litho Activates: Experimental checkers supporting the Litho framework (Conversely: --no-litho) See also infer-analyze(1). --litho-only Activates: Enable --litho and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-litho-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --no-liveness Deactivates: the detection of dead stores and unused variables (Conversely: --liveness) See also infer-analyze(1). --liveness-dangerous-classes json Specify classes where the destructor should be ignored when computing liveness. In other words, assignement to variables of these types (or common wrappers around these types such as $(u,unique_ptr)) will count as dead stores when the variables are not read explicitly by the program. (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --liveness-only Activates: Enable --liveness and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-liveness-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --load-average,-l float Do not start new parallel jobs if the load average is greater than that specified (Buck and make only) See also infer-capture(1). --log-events Activates: Turn on the feature that logs events in a machine-readable format (Conversely: --no-log-events) See also infer-run(1). --log-skipped Activates: Turn on the feature that logs skipped functions (one per file) in a machine-readable format (Conversely: --no-log-skipped) See also infer-run(1). --loop-hoisting Activates: checker for loop-hoisting (Conversely: --no-loop-hoisting) See also infer-analyze(1). --loop-hoisting-only Activates: Enable --loop-hoisting and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-loop-hoisting-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --max-nesting int Level of nested procedure calls to show. Trace elements beyond the maximum nesting level are skipped. If omitted, all levels are shown. See also infer-explore(1). --merge Activates: Merge the captured results directories specified in the dependency file (Conversely: --no-merge) See also infer-analyze(1). --ml-buckets ,-separated sequence of { all | cf | arc | narc | cpp | unknown_origin } Specify the memory leak buckets to be checked in C++: - cpp from C++ code (default: cf) See also infer-analyze(1). --nullsafe Activates: [EXPERIMENTAL] Nullable type checker (incomplete: use --eradicate for now) (Conversely: --no-nullsafe) See also infer-analyze(1). --nullsafe-only Activates: Enable --nullsafe and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-nullsafe-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --only-show Activates: Show the list of reports and exit (Conversely: --no-only-show) See also infer-explore(1). --no-ownership Deactivates: the detection of C++ lifetime bugs (Conversely: --ownership) See also infer-analyze(1). --ownership-only Activates: Enable --ownership and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-ownership-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --perf-profiler-data-file file Specify the file containing perf profiler data to read See also infer-analyze(1). --pmd-xml Activates: Output issues in (PMD) XML format (Conversely: --no-pmd-xml) See also infer-run(1). --previous-to-current-script shell Specify a script to checkout the current version of the project. The project is supposed to already be at that current version when running infer diff; the script is used after having analyzed the current and previous versions of the project, to restore the project to the current version. See also infer-diff(1). --print-active-checkers Activates: Print the active checkers before starting the analysis (Conversely: --no-print-active-checkers) See also infer-analyze(1). --print-log-identifier Activates: Print the unique identifier that is common to all logged events (Conversely: --no-print-log-identifier) See also infer-run(1). --print-logs Activates: Also log messages to stdout and stderr (Conversely: --no-print-logs) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-report(1), and infer-run(1). --printf-args Activates: the detection of mismatch between the Java printf format strings and the argument types For, example, this checker will warn about the type error in `printf("Hello %d", "world")` (Conversely: --no-printf-args) See also infer-analyze(1). --printf-args-only Activates: Enable --printf-args and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-printf-args-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --procedures Activates: Print functions and methods discovered by infer (Conversely: --no-procedures) See also infer-explore(1). --procedures-attributes Activates: Print the attributes of each procedure in the output of --procedures (Conversely: --no-procedures-attributes) See also infer-explore(1). --no-procedures-definedness Deactivates: Include procedures definedness in the output of --procedures, i.e. whether the procedure definition was found, or only the procedure declaration, or the procedure is an auto-generated Objective-C accessor (Conversely: --procedures-definedness) See also infer-explore(1). --procedures-filter filter With --procedures, only print functions and methods (procedures) matching the specified filter. A procedure filter is of the form path_pattern:procedure_name. Patterns are interpreted as OCaml Str regular expressions. For instance, to keep only methods named "foo", one can use the filter ".*:foo", or "foo" for short. See also infer-explore(1). --procedures-name Activates: Include procedures names in the output of --procedures (Conversely: --no-procedures-name) See also infer-explore(1). --no-procedures-source-file Deactivates: Include the source file in which the procedure definition or declaration was found in the output of --procedures (Conversely: --procedures-source-file) See also infer-explore(1). --no-progress-bar,-P Deactivates: Show a progress bar (Conversely: --progress-bar | -p) See also infer-run(1). --progress-bar-style { auto | plain | multiline } Style of the progress bar. auto selects multiline if connected to a tty, otherwise plain. (default: auto) See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-capture(1). --project-root,-C dir Specify the root directory of the project (default: .) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-report(1), and infer-run(1). --pulse Activates: [EXPERIMENTAL] C++ lifetime analysis (Conversely: --no-pulse) See also infer-analyze(1). --pulse-only Activates: Enable --pulse and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-pulse-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --purity Activates: [EXPERIMENTAL] Purity analysis (Conversely: --no-purity) See also infer-analyze(1). --purity-only Activates: Enable --purity and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-purity-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandary Activates: the quandary taint analysis (Conversely: --no-quandary) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandary-endpoints json Specify endpoint classes for Quandary (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandary-only Activates: Enable --quandary and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-quandary-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandary-sanitizers json Specify custom sanitizers for Quandary (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandary-sinks json Specify custom sinks for Quandary (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandary-sources json Specify custom sources for Quandary (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandaryBO Activates: [EXPERIMENTAL] The quandaryBO tainted buffer access analysis (Conversely: --no-quandaryBO) See also infer-analyze(1). --quandaryBO-only Activates: Enable --quandaryBO and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-quandaryBO-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --quiet,-q Activates: Do not print specs on standard output (default: only print for the report command) (Conversely: --no-quiet | -Q) See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-report(1). --no-racerd Deactivates: the RacerD thread safety analysis (Conversely: --racerd) See also infer-analyze(1). --racerd-only Activates: Enable --racerd and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-racerd-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --reactive,-r Activates: Reactive mode: the analysis starts from the files captured since the infer command started (Conversely: --no-reactive | -R) See also infer-analyze(1). --no-report Deactivates: Run the reporting phase once the analysis has completed (Conversely: --report) See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-run(1). --report-blacklist-files-containing +string blacklist files containing the specified string for the given analyzer (see --analyzer for valid values) See also infer-report(1) and infer-run(1). --report-blacklist-path-regex +path_regex blacklist the analysis of files whose relative path matches the specified OCaml-style regex (to whitelist: ---whitelist-path-regex) See also infer-report(1) and infer-run(1). --report-current path report of the latest revision See also infer-reportdiff(1). --report-force-relative-path Activates: Force converting an absolute path to a relative path to the root directory (Conversely: --no-report-force-relative-path) See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-run(1). --report-formatter { none | phabricator } Which formatter to use when emitting the report (default: phabricator) See also infer-report(1). --report-hook script Specify a script to be executed after the analysis results are written. This script will be passed, --issues-json, --issues-txt, --issues-xml, --project-root, and --results-dir. (default: /lib/python/report.py) See also infer-analyze(1) and infer-run(1). --report-previous path Report of the base revision to use for comparison See also infer-reportdiff(1). --report-suppress-errors +error_name do not report a type of errors See also infer-report(1) and infer-run(1). --results-dir,-o dir Write results and internal files in the specified directory (default: ./infer-out) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-explore(1), infer-report(1), and infer-run(1). --select N Select bug number N. If omitted, prompt for input. See also infer-explore(1). --no-siof Deactivates: the Static Initialization Order Fiasco analysis (C++ only) (Conversely: --siof) See also infer-analyze(1). --siof-check-iostreams Activates: Do not assume that iostreams (cout, cerr, ...) are always initialized. The default is to assume they are always initialized when --cxx-infer-headers is false to avoid false positives due to lack of models of the proper initialization of io streams. However, if your program compiles against a recent libstdc++ then the infer models are not needed for precision and it is safe to turn this option on. (Conversely: --no-siof-check-iostreams) See also infer-analyze(1). --siof-only Activates: Enable --siof and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-siof-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --siof-safe-methods +string Methods that are SIOF-safe; "foo::bar" will match "foo::bar()", "foo::bar()", etc. (can be specified multiple times) See also infer-analyze(1). --skip-analysis-in-path +path_prefix_OCaml_regex Ignore files whose path matches the given prefix (can be specified multiple times) See also infer-capture(1) and infer-run(1). --skip-analysis-in-path-skips-compilation Activates: Whether paths in --skip-analysis-in-path should be compiled or not (Conversely: --no-skip-analysis-in-path-skips-compilation) See also infer-report(1). --no-skip-duplicated-types Deactivates: Skip fixed-then-introduced duplicated types while computing differential reports (Conversely: --skip-duplicated-types) See also infer-reportdiff(1). --skip-translation-headers +path_prefix Ignore headers whose path matches the given prefix See also infer-capture(1). --source-files Activates: Print source files discovered by infer (Conversely: --no-source-files) See also infer-explore(1). --source-files-cfg Activates: Output a dotty file in infer-out/captured for each source file in the output of --source-files (Conversely: --no-source-files-cfg) See also infer-explore(1). --source-files-filter filter With --source-files, only print source files matching the specified filter. The filter is a pattern that should match the file path. Patterns are interpreted as OCaml Str regular expressions. See also infer-explore(1). --source-files-freshly-captured Activates: Print whether the source file has been captured in the most recent capture phase in the output of --source-files. (Conversely: --no-source-files-freshly-captured) See also infer-explore(1). --source-files-procedure-names Activates: Print the names of procedure of each source file in the output of --source-files (Conversely: --no-source-files-procedure-names) See also infer-explore(1). --source-files-type-environment Activates: Print the type environment of each source file in the output of --source-files (Conversely: --no-source-files-type-environment) See also infer-explore(1). --no-source-preview Deactivates: print code excerpts around trace elements (Conversely: --source-preview) See also infer-explore(1). --sqlite-lock-timeout int Timeout for SQLite results database operations, in milliseconds. (default: five seconds times number of cores) See also infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), and infer-run(1). --starvation Activates: starvation analysis (Conversely: --no-starvation) See also infer-analyze(1). --starvation-only Activates: Enable --starvation and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-starvation-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --threadsafe-aliases json Specify custom annotations that should be considered aliases of @ThreadSafe (default: []) See also infer-analyze(1). --no-uninit Deactivates: checker for use of uninitialized values (Conversely: --uninit) See also infer-analyze(1). --uninit-only Activates: Enable --uninit and disable all other checkers (Conversely: --no-uninit-only) See also infer-analyze(1). --unsafe-malloc Activates: Assume that malloc(3) never returns null. (Conversely: --no-unsafe-malloc) See also infer-analyze(1). --version Print version information and exit See also infer-run(1). --version-json Print version information in json format and exit See also infer-run(1). --Xbuck +string Pass values as command-line arguments to invocations of `buck build` See also infer-capture(1). --Xbuck-no-inline +string Pass values as command-line arguments to invocations of `buck build`, don't inline any args starting with '@' See also infer-capture(1). --Xclang +string Pass values as command-line arguments to invocations of clang See also infer-capture(1). --xcode-developer-dir XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR Specify the path to Xcode developer directory See also infer-capture(1). --xcpretty Activates: Infer will use xcpretty together with xcodebuild to analyze an iOS app. xcpretty just needs to be in the path, infer command is still just `infer -- `. (Conversely: --no-xcpretty) See also infer-capture(1). -- Stop argument processing, use remaining arguments as a build command See also infer-capture(1) and infer-run(1). INTERNAL OPTIONS Use at your own risk. --abs-struct int Specify abstraction level for fields of structs: - 0 = no - 1 = forget some fields during matching (and so lseg abstraction) (default: 1) --abs-val int Specify abstraction level for expressions: - 0 = no abstraction - 1 = evaluate all expressions abstractly - 2 = 1 + abstract constant integer values during join (default: 2) --allow-leak Activates: Forget leaked memory during abstraction (Conversely: --no-allow-leak) --analysis-stops Activates: Issue a warning when the analysis stops (Conversely: --no-analysis-stops) --append-buck-flavors-reset Set --append-buck-flavors to the empty list. --array-level int Level of treating the array indexing and pointer arithmetic: - 0 = treats both features soundly - 1 = assumes that the size of every array is infinite - 2 = assumes that all heap dereferences via array indexing and pointer arithmetic are correct (default: 0) --backtrack-level int Maximum level of backtracking to convert an absolute path to path relative to the common prefix between the project root and the path. For instance, with bactraking level 1, it will convert /my/source/File.java with project root /my/root into ../source/File.java (default: 0) --bo-relational-domain-reset Cancel the effect of --bo-relational-domain. --bootclasspath-reset Cancel the effect of --bootclasspath. --buck-blacklist-reset Set --buck-blacklist to the empty list. --buck-compilation-database-depth-reset Cancel the effect of --buck-compilation-database-depth. --buck-compilation-database-reset Cancel the effect of --buck-compilation-database. --buck-out-reset Cancel the effect of --buck-out. --no-capture Deactivates: capture and translate source files into infer's intermediate language for analysis (Conversely: --capture) --capture-blacklist-reset Cancel the effect of --capture-blacklist. --changed-files-index-reset Cancel the effect of --changed-files-index. --check-version version Verify that the Infer version is equal to the provided argument --check-version-reset Cancel the effect of --check-version. --clang-biniou-file-reset Cancel the effect of --clang-biniou-file. --clang-ignore-regex dir_OCaml_regex The files in this regex will be ignored in the compilation process and an empty file will be passed to clang instead. This is to be used with the buck flavour infer-capture-all to work around missing generated files. --clang-ignore-regex-reset Cancel the effect of --clang-ignore-regex. --clang-include-to-override-regex dir_OCaml_regex Use this option in the uncommon case where the normal compilation process overrides the location of internal compiler headers. This option should specify regular expression with the path to those headers so that infer can use its own clang internal headers instead. --clang-include-to-override-regex-reset Cancel the effect of --clang-include-to-override-regex. --class-loads-roots +string Report class loads of this list of Java methods --class-loads-roots-reset Set --class-loads-roots to the empty list. --classpath string Specify the Java classpath --classpath-reset Cancel the effect of --classpath. --compilation-database-escaped-reset Set --compilation-database-escaped to the empty list. --compilation-database-reset Set --compilation-database to the empty list. --costs-current-reset Cancel the effect of --costs-current. --costs-previous-reset Cancel the effect of --costs-previous. --coverage analysis mode to maximize coverage (can take longer) --current-to-previous-script-reset Cancel the effect of --current-to-previous-script. --debug-exceptions Activates: Generate lightweight debugging information: just print the internal exceptions during analysis (also sets --developer-mode, --no-filtering, --print-buckets, --reports-include-ml-loc) (Conversely: --no-debug-exceptions) --debug-level-reset Cancel the effect of --debug-level. --debug-level-test-determinator int Debug level for the test determinator. See --debug-level for accepted values. (default: 0) --developer-mode Activates: Show internal exceptions (Conversely: --no-developer-mode) --differential-filter-files-reset Cancel the effect of --differential-filter-files. --differential-filter-set ,-separated sequence of { introduced | fixed | preexisting } Specify which set of the differential results is filtered with the modified files provided through the --differential-modified-files argument. By default it is applied to all sets (introduced, fixed, and preexisting) (default: introduced fixed preexisting) --disable-issue-type-reset Set --disable-issue-type to the empty list. --no-dotty-cfg-libs Deactivates: Print the cfg of the code coming from the libraries (Conversely: --dotty-cfg-libs) --enable-issue-type-reset Set --enable-issue-type to the empty list. --eradicate-condition-redundant Activates: Condition redundant warnings (Conversely: --no-eradicate-condition-redundant) --eradicate-debug Activates: Print debug info when errors are found (Conversely: --no-eradicate-debug) --eradicate-field-not-mutable Activates: Field not mutable warnings (Conversely: --no-eradicate-field-not-mutable) --eradicate-field-over-annotated Activates: Field over-annotated warnings (Conversely: --no-eradicate-field-over-annotated) --eradicate-optional-present Activates: Check for @Present annotations (Conversely: --no-eradicate-optional-present) --eradicate-return-over-annotated Activates: Return over-annotated warning (Conversely: --no-eradicate-return-over-annotated) --eradicate-verbose Activates: Print initial and final typestates (Conversely: --no-eradicate-verbose) --exit-node-bias nodes nearest the exit node are analyzed first --external-java-packages-reset Set --external-java-packages to the empty list. --fcp-apple-clang path Specify the path to Apple Clang --fcp-apple-clang-reset Cancel the effect of --fcp-apple-clang. --fcp-syntax-only Activates: Skip creation of object files (Conversely: --no-fcp-syntax-only) --file-renamings-reset Cancel the effect of --file-renamings. --no-filter-paths Deactivates: Filters specified in .inferconfig (Conversely: --filter-paths) --filter-report-reset Set --filter-report to the empty list. --force-integration-reset Cancel the effect of --force-integration. --from-json-report-reset Cancel the effect of --from-json-report. --frontend-stats Activates: Output statistics about the capture phase to *.o.astlog (clang only) (Conversely: --no-frontend-stats) --function-pointer-specialization Activates: Do function pointer preprocessing (clang only). (Conversely: --no-function-pointer-specialization) --gen-previous-build-command-script-reset Cancel the effect of --gen-previous-build-command-script. --generated-classes-reset Cancel the effect of --generated-classes. --genrule-mode Activates: Enable the genrule compatibility mode used for the Buck integration (Conversely: --no-genrule-mode) --icfg-dotty-outfile path If set, specifies path where .dot file should be written, it overrides the path for all other options that would generate icfg file otherwise --icfg-dotty-outfile-reset Cancel the effect of --icfg-dotty-outfile. --invariant-by-default Activates: [Cost]Consider functions to be invariant by default (Conversely: --no-invariant-by-default) --iphoneos-target-sdk-version-path-regex-reset Set --iphoneos-target-sdk-version-path-regex to the empty list. --iphoneos-target-sdk-version-reset Cancel the effect of --iphoneos-target-sdk-version. --issues-tests-reset Cancel the effect of --issues-tests. --issues-txt-reset Cancel the effect of --issues-txt. --iterations int Specify the maximum number of operations for each function, expressed as a multiple of symbolic operations and a multiple of seconds of elapsed time (default: 1) --java-jar-compiler-reset Cancel the effect of --java-jar-compiler. --job-id string Specify the job ID of this Infer run. --job-id-reset Cancel the effect of --job-id. --join-cond int Set the strength of the final information-loss check used by the join: - 0 = use the most aggressive join for preconditions - 1 = use the least aggressive join for preconditions (default: 1) --linter-reset Cancel the effect of --linter. --linters-def-file-reset Set --linters-def-file to the empty list. --linters-def-folder-reset Set --linters-def-folder to the empty list. --linters-doc-url-reset Set --linters-doc-url to the empty list. --load-average-reset Cancel the effect of --load-average. --log-file file Specify the file to use for logging (default: logs) --margin int Set right margin for the pretty printing functions (default: 100) --max-nesting-reset Cancel the effect of --max-nesting. --memcached Activates: EXPERIMENTAL: Use memcached caching summaries during analysis. (Conversely: --no-memcached) --memcached-size-mb int EXPERIMENTAL: Default memcached size in megabytes. (default: 2048) --method-decls-info method_decls_info.json Specifies the file containing the method declarations info (eg. start line, end line, class, method name, etc.) when Infer is run Test Determinator mode with --test-determinator. --method-decls-info-reset Cancel the effect of --method-decls-info. --modeled-expensive json Matcher or list of matchers for methods that should be considered expensive by the performance critical checker. (default: []) --models-mode Activates: Mode for analyzing the models (Conversely: --no-models-mode) --modified-lines path Specifies the file containing the modified lines when Infer is run Test Determinator mode with --test-determinator. --modified-lines-reset Cancel the effect of --modified-lines. --modified-targets file Read the file of Buck targets modified since the last analysis --modified-targets-reset Cancel the effect of --modified-targets. --monitor-prop-size Activates: Monitor size of props, and print every time the current max is exceeded (Conversely: --no-monitor-prop-size) --nelseg Activates: Use only nonempty lsegs (Conversely: --no-nelseg) --never-returning-null json Matcher or list of matchers for functions that never return null. (default: []) --nullable-annotation-name string Specify custom nullable annotation name --nullable-annotation-name-reset Cancel the effect of --nullable-annotation-name. --nullsafe-strict-containers Activates: Warn when containers are used with nullable keys or values (Conversely: --no-nullsafe-strict-containers) --no-only-cheap-debug Deactivates: Disable expensive debugging output (Conversely: --only-cheap-debug) --only-footprint Activates: Skip the re-execution phase (Conversely: --no-only-footprint) --passthroughs Activates: In error traces, show intermediate steps that propagate data. When false, error traces are shorter and show only direct flow via souces/sinks (Conversely: --no-passthroughs) --perf-profiler-data-file-reset Cancel the effect of --perf-profiler-data-file. --precondition-stats Activates: Print stats about preconditions to standard output (Conversely: --no-precondition-stats) --previous-to-current-script-reset Cancel the effect of --previous-to-current-script. --print-buckets Activates: Show the internal bucket of Infer reports in their textual description (Conversely: --no-print-buckets) --print-builtins Activates: Print the builtin functions and exit (Conversely: --no-print-builtins) --print-types Activates: Print types in symbolic heaps (Conversely: --no-print-types) --no-print-using-diff Deactivates: Highlight the difference w.r.t. the previous prop when printing symbolic execution debug info (Conversely: --print-using-diff) --procedures-filter-reset Cancel the effect of --procedures-filter. --procedures-per-process int Specify the number of procedures to analyze per process when using --per-procedure-parallelism. If 0 is specified, each file is divided into --jobs groups of procedures. (default: 1000) --procs-csv file Write statistics for each procedure in CSV format to a file --procs-csv-reset Cancel the effect of --procs-csv. --profiler-samples path File containing the profiler samples when Infer is run Test Determinator mode with --test-determinator. --profiler-samples-reset Cancel the effect of --profiler-samples. --pulse-max-disjuncts int Under-approximate after int disjunctions in the domain (default: 50) --pulse-widen-threshold int Under-approximate after int loop iterations (default: 5) --reactive-capture Activates: Compile source files only when required by analyzer (clang only) (Conversely: --no-reactive-capture) --reanalyze Activates: Rerun the analysis (Conversely: --no-reanalyze) --report-blacklist-files-containing-reset Set --report-blacklist-files-containing to the empty list. --report-blacklist-path-regex-reset Set --report-blacklist-path-regex to the empty list. --report-current-reset Cancel the effect of --report-current. --report-hook-reset Cancel the effect of --report-hook. --report-previous-reset Cancel the effect of --report-previous. --report-suppress-errors-reset Set --report-suppress-errors to the empty list. --report-whitelist-path-regex-reset Set --report-whitelist-path-regex to the empty list. --reports-include-ml-loc Activates: Include the location in the Infer source code from where reports are generated (Conversely: --no-reports-include-ml-loc) --reset-linters-def-folder Reset the list of folders containing linters definitions to be empty (see linters-def-folder). --seconds-per-iteration float Set the number of seconds per iteration (see --iterations) --seconds-per-iteration-reset Cancel the effect of --seconds-per-iteration. --select-reset Cancel the effect of --select. --siof-safe-methods-reset Set --siof-safe-methods to the empty list. --skip-analysis-in-path-reset Set --skip-analysis-in-path to the empty list. --skip-implementation json Matcher or list of matchers for names of files where we only want to translate the method declaration, skipping the body of the methods (Java only). (default: []) --skip-translation json Matcher or list of matchers for names of files that should not be analyzed at all. (default: []) --skip-translation-headers-reset Set --skip-translation-headers to the empty list. --source-files-filter-reset Cancel the effect of --source-files-filter. --sourcepath string Specify the sourcepath --sourcepath-reset Cancel the effect of --sourcepath. --sources +string Specify the list of source files --sources-reset Set --sources to the empty list. --spec-abs-level int Set the level of abstracting the postconditions of discovered specs: - 0 = nothing special - 1 = filter out redundant posts implied by other posts (default: 1) --specs-library,-L +dir|jar Search for .spec files in given directory or jar file --specs-library-reset Set --specs-library to the empty list. --sqlite-vfs string VFS for SQLite --sqlite-vfs-reset Cancel the effect of --sqlite-vfs. --starvation-skip-analysis json Specify combinations of class/method list that should be skipped during starvation analysis (default: []) --no-starvation-strict-mode Deactivates: During starvation analysis, report strict mode violations (Android only) (Conversely: --starvation-strict-mode) --stats-report file Write a report of the analysis results to a file --stats-report-reset Cancel the effect of --stats-report. --no-subtype-multirange Deactivates: Use the multirange subtyping domain (Conversely: --subtype-multirange) --symops-per-iteration int Set the number of symbolic operations per iteration (see --iterations) --symops-per-iteration-reset Cancel the effect of --symops-per-iteration. --test-determinator Activates: Run infer in Test Determinator mode. It is used together with the --modified-lines and --test-profiler flags, which speficy the relevant arguments. (Conversely: --no-test-determinator) --test-filtering Activates: List all the files Infer can report on (should be called from the root of the project) (Conversely: --no-test-filtering) --testing-mode Activates: Mode for testing, where no headers are translated, and dot files are created (clang only) (Conversely: --no-testing-mode) --trace-error Activates: Detailed tracing information during error explanation (Conversely: --no-trace-error) --trace-events Activates: Emit Chrome performance trace events in infer-out/perf_events.json (Conversely: --no-trace-events) --trace-join Activates: Detailed tracing information during prop join operations (Conversely: --no-trace-join) --trace-rearrange Activates: Detailed tracing information during prop re-arrangement operations (Conversely: --no-trace-rearrange) --tracing Activates: Report error traces for runtime exceptions (Java only): generate preconditions for runtimeexceptions in Java and report errors for public methods which throw runtime exceptions (Conversely: --no-tracing) --tv-commit commit Commit hash to submit to Traceview --tv-commit-reset Cancel the effect of --tv-commit. --tv-limit int The maximum number of traces to submit to Traceview (default: 100) --tv-limit-filtered int The maximum number of traces for issues filtered out by --report-filter to submit to Traceview (default: 100) --type-size Activates: Consider the size of types during analysis, e.g. cannot use an int pointer to write to a char (Conversely: --no-type-size) --uninit-interproc Activates: Run uninit check in the experimental interprocedural mode (Conversely: --no-uninit-interproc) --use-cost-threshold Activates: Emit costs issues by comparing costs with a set threshold (Conversely: --no-use-cost-threshold) --version-vcs Print version control system commit and exit --visits-bias nodes visited fewer times are analyzed first --write-dotty Activates: Produce dotty files for specs in the results directory (Conversely: --no-write-dotty) --write-html Activates: Produce hmtl debug output in the results directory (Conversely: --no-write-html) --write-html-whitelist-regex +string whitelist files that will have its html debug output printed --write-html-whitelist-regex-reset Set --write-html-whitelist-regex to the empty list. --Xbuck-no-inline-reset Set --Xbuck-no-inline to the empty list. --Xbuck-reset Set --Xbuck to the empty list. --Xclang-reset Set --Xclang to the empty list. --xcode-developer-dir-reset Cancel the effect of --xcode-developer-dir. ENVIRONMENT Extra arguments may be passed to all infer commands using the INFER_ARGS environment variable (see the OPTIONS section). INFER_ARGS is expected to contain a string of ^-separated options. For instance, calling `INFER_ARGS=--debug^--print-logs infer` is equivalent to calling `infer --debug --print-logs`. INFERCONFIG: Tells infer where to find the .inferconfig file. (See the FILES section) If INFER_STRICT_MODE is set to "1", then infer commands will exit with an error code in some cases when otherwise a simple warning would be emitted on stderr, for instance if a deprecated form of an option is used. FILES .inferconfig can be used to store infer options. Its format is that of a JSON record, where fields are infer long-form options, without their leading "--", and values depend on the type of the option: - for switches options, the value is a JSON boolean (true or false, without quotes) - for integers, the value is a JSON integer (without quotes) - string options have string values - path options have string values, and are interpreted relative to the location of the .inferconfig file - cumulative options are JSON arrays of the appropriate type Infer will look for an .inferconfig file in the current directory, then its parent, etc., stopping at the first .inferconfig file found. Example: { "cxx": false, "infer-blacklist-files-containing": ["@gen","/* no infer */"] } SEE ALSO infer-analyze(1), infer-capture(1), infer-compile(1), infer-diff(1), infer-events(1), infer-explore(1), infer-report(1), infer-reportdiff(1), infer-run(1)