CMake ExternalProject_Add for Google Mock (gmock) and Google Test (gtest) Libraries

External_GTest.cmake

find_package(Threads REQUIRED)

ExternalProject_Add(
  googletest
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
  UPDATE_COMMAND ""
  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
  LOG_DOWNLOAD ON
  LOG_CONFIGURE ON
  LOG_BUILD ON)

ExternalProject_Get_Property(googletest source_dir)
set(GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS ${source_dir}/googletest/include)
set(GMOCK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${source_dir}/googlemock/include)

ExternalProject_Get_Property(googletest binary_dir)
set(GTEST_LIBRARY_PATH ${binary_dir}/googlemock/gtest/${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}gtest.a)
set(GTEST_LIBRARY gtest)
add_library(${GTEST_LIBRARY} UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
set_target_properties(${GTEST_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES
  IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GTEST_LIBRARY_PATH}
  IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
add_dependencies(${GTEST_LIBRARY} googletest)

set(GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY_PATH ${binary_dir}/googlemock/gtest/${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}gtest_main.a)
set(GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY gtest_main)
add_library(${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY} UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
set_target_properties(${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES
  IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY_PATH}
  IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
add_dependencies(${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY} googletest)

set(GMOCK_LIBRARY_PATH ${binary_dir}/googlemock/${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}gmock.a)
set(GMOCK_LIBRARY gmock)
add_library(${GMOCK_LIBRARY} UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
set_target_properties(${GMOCK_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES
  IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GMOCK_LIBRARY_PATH}
  IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
add_dependencies(${GMOCK_LIBRARY} googletest)

set(GMOCK_MAIN_LIBRARY_PATH ${binary_dir}/googlemock/${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}gmock_main.a)
set(GMOCK_MAIN_LIBRARY gmock_main)
add_library(${GMOCK_MAIN_LIBRARY} UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
set_target_properties(${GMOCK_MAIN_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES
  IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GMOCK_MAIN_LIBRARY_PATH}
  IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
add_dependencies(${GMOCK_MAIN_LIBRARY} ${GTEST_LIBRARY})

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Amazing!! 💯
CMake runs very smoothly! it is a wonderful job!!
Thank you very much for share!

Hello, I forked this and made a few changes:

• Added the ExternalProject module include
• Quoted some of the properties, which were breaking for me probably due to some space in a path.
• Added support for including the headers automatically with the lib.
• I've also added an example CMakeLists.txt that uses this and sets up tests for CTest using "GoogleTest", added in cmake 3.9
  https://gist.github.com/johnb003/65982fdc7a1274fdb023b0c68664ebe4

Awesome!