[CMake] Idea: generic task-driven make-like targets with CMake

[Nils Gladitz]

On 08.12.2015 19:04, Kevin Wojniak wrote:
>
> add_task(release
>     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory “build_dir”
>     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir “build_dir” ${CMAKE_COMMAND} 
> “-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release”, “..”
> )
>

There is add_custom_target().

You can e.g. add_custom_target(release ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo foobar)
and with the Makefiles generator run "make release" and with visual 
studio trigger the build of the "release" project.

For scripting you can use cmake in script mode with -P.

e.g. given a script file release.cmake:
     message("Hello World")

add_custom_target(release ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P 
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/release.cmake)

Nils