Template CMake Project

This is my standard template CMake project to use for C++ projects. I created this so I don't need to always start from scratch each time I create a new C++ project. This template consists of a library my_lib and a basic entry point, my_app.cpp, that makes use of it. All functionality is contained within my_lib to make it easy to test. Tests for my_lib functionality are found in the tests directory.

Directory Structure

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├── app
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   └── my_app.cpp
├── cmake-build-debug
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── include
│   └── my_lib
│       └── my_lib.h
├── README.md
├── src
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   └── my_lib
│       └── my_lib.cpp
└── tests
    ├── addition_tests.cpp
    ├── CMakeLists.txt
    └── subtraction_tests.cpp

Each directory (except for include) contains a CMakeLists.txt that takes care of structuring and linking its files together to be used by the rest of the project. The CMakeLists.txt in the root directory takes care of including these subdirectories as part of the project.

The structure and layout was derived from "An Introduction to Modern CMake".

• CMake Version: 3.20
• C++ Standard: C++17
• Testing Framework: GoogleTest

Build Configurations

• my_app: run the main program
• All Ctest: run the tests for my_lib (using GoogleTest)
• Most of the other build configurations are not necessary for small projects, but are created by CTest by default.

Feel free to use :)