Function to parse MSVC output for compile deps

src/dds/build/deps.cpp

     return ret;
 }
 
+msvc_deps_info dds::parse_msvc_output_for_deps(std::string_view output, std::string_view leader) {
+    auto lines = split_view(output, "\n");
+    std::string cleaned_output;
+    deps_info   deps;
+    for (auto line : lines) {
+        line = trim_view(line);
+        if (!starts_with(line, leader)) {
+            cleaned_output += std::string(line);
+            cleaned_output.push_back('\n');
+            continue;
+        }
+        auto remaining = trim_view(line.substr(leader.size()));
+        deps.inputs.emplace_back(fs::weakly_canonical(remaining));
+    }
+    if (!cleaned_output.empty()) {
+        // Remove the extra newline at the back
+        cleaned_output.pop_back();
+    }
+    return {deps, cleaned_output};
+}
+
 void dds::update_deps_info(database& db, const deps_info& deps) {
     db.store_mtime(deps.output, fs::last_write_time(deps.output));
     db.store_file_command(deps.output, {deps.command, deps.command_output});

src/dds/build/deps.hpp

 deps_info parse_mkfile_deps_file(path_ref where);
 deps_info parse_mkfile_deps_str(std::string_view str);
 
+struct msvc_deps_info {
+    struct deps_info deps_info;
+    std::string      cleaned_output;
+};
+
+msvc_deps_info parse_msvc_output_for_deps(std::string_view output, std::string_view leader);
+
 void update_deps_info(database& db, const deps_info&);
 
 struct deps_rebuild_info {
     std::string           previous_command_output;
 };
 
-deps_rebuild_info
-get_rebuild_info(database& db, path_ref output_path);
+deps_rebuild_info get_rebuild_info(database& db, path_ref output_path);
 
 }  // namespace dds

src/dds/build/deps.test.cpp

     deps = dds::parse_mkfile_deps_str("foo.c");
     CHECK(deps.output.empty());
     CHECK(deps.inputs.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Parse MSVC deps") {
+    auto mscv_output = R"(
+Note: including file:    C:\foo\bar\filepath/thing.hpp
+Note: including file:  C:\foo\bar\filepath/baz.h
+Note: including file:      C:\foo\bar\filepath/quux.h
+Note: including file:   C:\foo\bar\filepath/cats/quux.h
+Other line
+Something else
+)";
+
+    auto  res        = dds::parse_msvc_output_for_deps(mscv_output, "Note: including file:");
+    auto& deps       = res.deps_info;
+    auto  new_output = res.cleaned_output;
+    CHECK(new_output == "\nOther line\nSomething else\n");
+    CHECK(deps.inputs
+          == std::vector<dds::fs::path>({
+                 "C:\\foo\\bar\\filepath/thing.hpp",
+                 "C:\\foo\\bar\\filepath/baz.h",
+                 "C:\\foo\\bar\\filepath/quux.h",
+                 "C:\\foo\\bar\\filepath/cats/quux.h",
+             }));
 }