Ford and project.json

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I am trying to get Ford to emit a project.json file so I can inspect this for, for instance, all todo instances. Copilot tells me to use

Output_format = [html,json]

But this does not seem to produce a .json file anywhere, the output file .txt does not report an error or warning, and the current readthedocs does not mention “output_format”.

What do I try next?

Thanks

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I did not try it myself but looking at the source code, it seems like there is a `–externalize` switch in the external projects group that outputs a json file.

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I’m afraid Ford currently does not collate todos from across the project.

What it can do, that @davidpfister points out, is collect information about entities (functions, modules, and so on) that can then be used by other projects. See the docs for a bit more detail.