CMake: init/update a Git submodule and add_subdirectory()
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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19) | |
function(add_git_submodule dir) | |
# add a Git submodule directory to CMake, assuming the | |
# Git submodule directory is a CMake project. | |
# | |
# Usage: in CMakeLists.txt | |
# | |
# include(AddGitSubmodule.cmake) | |
# add_git_submodule(mysubmod_dir) | |
find_package(Git REQUIRED) | |
if(NOT EXISTS ${dir}/CMakeLists.txt) | |
execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} submodule update --init --recursive -- ${dir} | |
WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} | |
COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY) | |
endif() | |
add_subdirectory(${dir}) | |
endfunction(add_git_submodule) |
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Thanks for the gist🙂 🙏
I was searching for how to do this in cmakelists if user missed recursively cloning.