[CMake] Common CMake setup for several projects

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Paul Hansen <paul.hansen.name at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is it possible to make a common CMake setup that can be used in several
> projects?
>
> The projects are independant but do use common libraries. Would be nice to
> set this up in one place and not in the CMakeLists.txt for each project.
>
> Can it be done "preprocessor-like":
> #include "/path/to/common/CMakeLists.txt"
>

Yes.

include(/path/to/common/CMakeLists.txt)

However I would change the name to something like the following:
include(/path/to/common/InitilaizeProjects.cmake)

> or is the way to make a top CMakeLists.txt that uses
> add_subdirectory(project1)
> add_subdirectory(project2)
>
> or a third way?
>
> Thank you very much
> Paul
>
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