diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c259861..797b71e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,4 +38,11 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC # should be private when all SDL fu
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -g -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "-fsanitize=address")
-endif()
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+endif()
+
+# link/copy compile commands to root dir
+file(CREATE_LINK
+    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+    COPY_ON_ERROR SYMBOLIC
+)
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