[CMake] add_subdirectory and common libraries

[Harry Mallon]

Hello all,

Has anyone got any good recommendations for the following setup?

“large_repo” contains code for a binary and two git submodules. One is “library” which is added with add_subdirectory(). The other is some common library “util_library” (something like gtest which is generally useful) which is added as a git submodule with add_subdirectory(). “library” also needs “util_library” which is added to its repo in the same git submodule style.

It is possible to namespace the names in an add_subdirectory call? Or something like that? Or maybe I should go back to the install and find_package() methods I used to use?

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└── large_repo
    ├── library
    │   └── util_library
    └── util_library
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Thanks,
Harry


Harry Mallon
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