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CMake

Useful CMake commands

cmake -S . -B build : create build cache
cmake --build build : build the app

My CMake config

Tree

root
|-src
| |-CMakeLists.txt
| |-<source_files>
|-CMakeLists.txt

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
project(<project_name>)

# Exports compile commands to use nvim autocompletion
set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS TRUE)

# Add subdirectories for src and libs
add_subdirectory(src)

src/CMakeLists.txt

# src files
set(SRC "./main.c")

add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC})

# Link libraries
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE <lib> ...)

add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra)