[CMake] Visual Studio and ExternalProject_Add

[Kevin Brightwell]

If I had to guess, Visual Studio's. I don't know how to tell for sure.

I have run the same build as an NMake build from cmd and it worked without
fail. Thus my belief it's not using the system git.

Kevin
On Mar 2, 2016 7:30 AM, "David Cole" <DLRdave at aol.com> wrote:

> Newer versions of Visual Studio install a git, too, for their source
> control integration features. Which git is CMake using, the one you've
> installed or the one Visual Studio installed?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:45 AM, Kevin Brightwell
> <kevin.brightwell2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been having great success with using ExternalProject over the
> terrible
> > git submodules. However, when using Visual Studio, the following error
> > happens:
> >
> >  Performing download step (git clone) for 'catch-lib'
> > 2>  Cloning into 'catch-lib'...
> > 2>  Note: checking out 'tags/v1.3.4'.
> > 2>
> > 2>  You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make
> experimental
> > 2>  changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in
> > this
> > 2>  state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.
> > 2>
> > 2>  If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you
> may
> > 2>  do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again.
> > Example:
> > 2>
> > 2>    git checkout -b <new-branch-name>
> > 2>
> > 2>  HEAD is now at 3b4edd7... Build for v1.3.4
> > 2>  fatal: 'submodule' appears to be a git command, but we were not
> > 2>  able to execute it. Maybe git-submodule is broken?
> > 2>  CMake Error at
> > C:/Users/kevin/dev/sol2/vendor/tmp/catch-lib-gitclone.cmake:58 (message):
> > 2>    Failed to init submodules in:
> > 2>    'C:/Users/kevin/dev/sol2/vendor/src/catch-lib'
> >
> > The CMake file is located here:
> > https://github.com/Nava2/sol2/blob/cmake-build/CMakeLists.txt
> >
> > Steps I've verified:
> >
> > git.exe is on my system PATH
> > The submodule URL is valid
> > Builds on OSX/Linux
> > Reinstalled git (twice)
> >
> > I'm new to Visual Studio (I work primarily with Linux/OSX), so I'm sure
> I'm
> > missing something along the way.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Kevin Brightwell. BESc., BSc.
> > MESc. Candidate 2017
> > Western University
> >
> >
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