diff --git a/tools/cmake_default b/tools/cmake_default
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+++ b/tools/cmake_default
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/59895/can-a-bash-script-tell-which-directory-it-is-stored-in
+script_path="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+exec "$script_path/export_compile_commands" \
+	-DBUILD_TESTING=ON \
+	-DPBL_WITH_TESTS=OFF \
+	-DDINDEXER_WITH_BUILD_DATE=ON \
+	-DDINDEXER_WITH_NICE_MEDIA_TYPES=OFF \
+	-DDINDEXER_NATIVE_RELEASE=ON \
+	-DDINDEXER_CXX11_ABI=OFF \
+	-DDINDEXER_DB_OWNER_NAME=dindexer-user
diff --git a/tools/export_compile_commands b/tools/export_compile_commands
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/export_compile_commands
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+code_dirs[0]="$HOME/dev/code/cpp"
+code_dirs[1]="$HOME/dev/code"
+
+build_dir="$HOME/dev/build"
+
+json_file="compile_commands.json"
+
+project_name=$(pwd | sed -r "s_$build_dir/([^/]+).*\$_\1_")
+project_path=""
+for z in "${code_dirs[@]}"
+do
+	if [ -d "$z/$project_name" ]; then
+		project_path="$z/$project_name"
+		break;
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ -z "$project_path" ]; then
+	>&2 echo "Project \"$project_name\" not found in any of the search paths"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+config_name=$(pwd | sed -r "s_$build_dir/$project_name/([^/]+).*\$_\1_")
+config_option=""
+if [ -n "$config_name" ]; then
+	config_name="$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< ${config_name:0:1})${config_name:1}"
+	config_option="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$config_name"
+fi
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON "$config_option" $@ "$project_path"
+
+if [ -f "$project_path/$json_file" ]; then
+	unlink "$project_path/$json_file"
+fi
+work_dir="$PWD"
+(cd "$project_path" && ln -s "$work_dir/$json_file")