[CMake] VS project reloading

[Bill Hoffman]

James Bigler wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this issue.
> 
> When CMake detects that the project or solution files for VS have 
> changed it runs some plugin that unloads the solution and loads it up 
> again.  While this works to keep things updated, it had the unfortunate 
> consequence of loosing any of the undo history in any of the files that 
> were being edited in VS.  Does anyone have a workaround for this besides 
> using an external editor?  I tried to click "cancel" to let VS do the 
> project reloading, but it closes any files that are associated with the 
> given project that is reloaded.
> 
> I'm getting a lot of push back from developers who are finding unhelpful 
> to loose their undo history.
> 

You can disable this by setting CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION to true in 
your project.   Your developers just have to run cmake by hand if 
anything changes.

-Bill