[CMake] Changing the actual "src" directory where VS project and/or sln files are rooted

[J Decker]

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Michael Powell <mwpowellhtx at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Sorry if this seems like a rookie/novice question. I'm not new to
> CI/CD, however; this question may have been asked before, I don't
> know.
>
> I'll preface with a little background. It's been a little while for me
> using and truly "grokking" CMake, but if memory serves, CMake lifts
> raw source inputs and drops them into what becomes a meta-description
> for what is ultimately being built. That could overlay the source
> directories, but may not. That's if memory serves.
>
> Now, I am trying to configure and generated CMake targeting the Visual
> Studio 2015 environment.
>
> My repository is organized something like:
>
> $/CMakeLists.txt
> $/src
> $/src/CMakeLists.txt
> $/src/... (for things like tests, etc)
>
> And so on.
>
> Solution files are landing in the $/ directory, but I want them to
> land in the $/src directory as is customary for Visual Studio
> solutions.
>

Then you're doing an in-source build which is not really the proper
thing... they should land in something like $/build or $/../build even.
and then it wouldn't matter where they were.



>
> First, as far as I know, the OA (original author) is dropping
> CMake-driven output in the same context as the source files. Maybe
> that's good and/or acceptable, maybe not, considering the
> meta-descriptive nature of CMake.
>
> So the first question is how to cause CMake to respect the $/src
> objective. Otherwise, perhaps I simply have CMake generate the
> penultimate build structure.
>
> Close behind those questions is how to avoid outputs like ALL_BUILD
> and ZERO_CHECK. Those are not necessary, or perhaps are don't care,
> especially if output can land in $/src as envisioned.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Powell
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