simplify cmake commands

.ci/test.sh

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ if [[ "${TASK}" == "r-package" ]] || [[ "${TASK}" == "r-rchk" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ "$TASK" == "cpp-tests" ]]; then
-    mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build && cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
     if [[ $METHOD == "with-sanitizers" ]]; then
         extra_cmake_opts="-DUSE_SANITIZER=ON"
         if [[ -n $SANITIZERS ]]; then
@@ -31,9 +30,9 @@ if [[ "$TASK" == "cpp-tests" ]]; then
     else
         extra_cmake_opts=""
     fi
-    cmake -DBUILD_CPP_TEST=ON -DUSE_OPENMP=OFF -DUSE_DEBUG=ON $extra_cmake_opts ..
-    make testlightgbm -j4 || exit 1
-    ./../testlightgbm || exit 1
+    cmake -B build -S . -DBUILD_CPP_TEST=ON -DUSE_OPENMP=OFF -DUSE_DEBUG=ON $extra_cmake_opts
+    make -C build testlightgbm -j4 || exit 1
+    ./testlightgbm || exit 1
     exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -42,21 +41,21 @@ CONDA_PYTHON_REQUIREMENT="python=$PYTHON_VERSION[build=*cpython]"
 if [[ $TASK == "if-else" ]]; then
     mamba create -q -y -n $CONDA_ENV ${CONDA_PYTHON_REQUIREMENT} numpy
     source activate $CONDA_ENV
-    mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build && cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build && cmake .. && make lightgbm -j4 || exit 1
+    cmake -B build -S . || exit 1
+    cmake --build build --target lightgbm -j4 || exit 1
     cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/tests/cpp_tests && ../../lightgbm config=train.conf convert_model_language=cpp convert_model=../../src/boosting/gbdt_prediction.cpp && ../../lightgbm config=predict.conf output_result=origin.pred || exit 1
     cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build && make lightgbm -j4 || exit 1
     cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/tests/cpp_tests && ../../lightgbm config=predict.conf output_result=ifelse.pred && python test.py || exit 1
     exit 0
 fi
 
 if [[ $TASK == "swig" ]]; then
-    mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build && cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
     if [[ $OS_NAME == "macos" ]]; then
-        cmake -DUSE_SWIG=ON -DAPPLE_OUTPUT_DYLIB=ON ..
+        cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_SWIG=ON -DAPPLE_OUTPUT_DYLIB=ON
     else
-        cmake -DUSE_SWIG=ON ..
+        cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_SWIG=ON
     fi
-    make -j4 || exit 1
+    make -C build -j4 || exit 1
     if [[ $OS_NAME == "linux" ]] && [[ $COMPILER == "gcc" ]]; then
         objdump -T $BUILD_DIRECTORY/lib_lightgbm.so > $BUILD_DIRECTORY/objdump.log || exit 1
         objdump -T $BUILD_DIRECTORY/lib_lightgbm_swig.so >> $BUILD_DIRECTORY/objdump.log || exit 1
@@ -224,9 +223,7 @@ if [[ $TASK == "gpu" ]]; then
         pytest $BUILD_DIRECTORY/tests || exit 1
         exit 0
     elif [[ $METHOD == "source" ]]; then
-        mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-        cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-        cmake -DUSE_GPU=ON ..
+        cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_GPU=ON
     fi
 elif [[ $TASK == "cuda" ]]; then
     sed -i'.bak' 's/std::string device_type = "cpu";/std::string device_type = "cuda";/' $BUILD_DIRECTORY/include/LightGBM/config.h
@@ -252,9 +249,7 @@ elif [[ $TASK == "cuda" ]]; then
         pytest $BUILD_DIRECTORY/tests || exit 1
         exit 0
     elif [[ $METHOD == "source" ]]; then
-        mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-        cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-        cmake -DUSE_CUDA=ON ..
+        cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_CUDA=ON
     fi
 elif [[ $TASK == "mpi" ]]; then
     if [[ $METHOD == "pip" ]]; then
@@ -275,17 +270,13 @@ elif [[ $TASK == "mpi" ]]; then
         pytest $BUILD_DIRECTORY/tests || exit 1
         exit 0
     elif [[ $METHOD == "source" ]]; then
-        mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-        cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-        cmake -DUSE_MPI=ON -DUSE_DEBUG=ON ..
+        cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_MPI=ON -DUSE_DEBUG=ON
     fi
 else
-    mkdir $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-    cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY/build
-    cmake ..
+    cmake --build build
 fi
 
-make _lightgbm -j4 || exit 1
+cmake --build build --target _lightgbm -j4 || exit 1
 
 cd $BUILD_DIRECTORY && sh ./build-python.sh install --precompile --user || exit 1
 pytest $BUILD_DIRECTORY/tests || exit 1

.ci/test_windows.ps1

@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ if ($env:TASK -eq "r-package") {
 }
 
 if ($env:TASK -eq "cpp-tests") {
-  mkdir $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build; cd $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build
-  cmake -DBUILD_CPP_TEST=ON -DUSE_OPENMP=OFF -DUSE_DEBUG=ON -A x64 ..
-  cmake --build . --target testlightgbm --config Debug ; Check-Output $?
-  cd ../Debug
-  .\testlightgbm.exe ; Check-Output $?
+  cmake -B build -S . -DBUILD_CPP_TEST=ON -DUSE_OPENMP=OFF -DUSE_DEBUG=ON -A x64
+  cmake --build build --target testlightgbm --config Debug ; Check-Output $?
+  .\Debug\testlightgbm.exe ; Check-Output $?
   Exit 0
 }
 
@@ -32,8 +30,8 @@ if ($env:TASK -eq "swig") {
   Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
   [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/swig/swigwin.zip", "$env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/swig")
   $env:PATH = "$env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/swig/swigwin-4.0.2;" + $env:PATH
-  mkdir $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build; cd $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build
-  cmake -A x64 -DUSE_SWIG=ON .. ; cmake --build . --target ALL_BUILD --config Release ; Check-Output $?
+  cmake -B build -S . -A x64 -DUSE_SWIG=ON ; Check-Output $?
+  cmake --build build --target ALL_BUILD --config Release ; Check-Output $?
   if ($env:AZURE -eq "true") {
     cp $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build/lightgbmlib.jar $env:BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY/lightgbmlib_win.jar ; Check-Output $?
   }
@@ -71,8 +69,8 @@ if ($env:TASK -ne "bdist") {
 }
 
 if ($env:TASK -eq "regular") {
-  mkdir $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build; cd $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build
-  cmake -A x64 .. ; cmake --build . --target ALL_BUILD --config Release ; Check-Output $?
+  cmake -B build -S . -A x64 ; Check-Output $?
+  cmake --build build --target ALL_BUILD --config Release ; Check-Output $?
   cd $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY
   sh $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/build-python.sh install --precompile ; Check-Output $?
   cp $env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY/Release/lib_lightgbm.dll $env:BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY

docker/dockerfile-cli

@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ RUN git clone \
         --branch stable \
         --depth 1 \
         https://github.com/Microsoft/LightGBM && \
-    mkdir LightGBM/build && \
-    cd LightGBM/build && \
-    cmake .. && \
-    make -j4 && \
-    make install && \
+    cd ./Lightgbm && \
+    cmake -B build -S . && \
+    cmake --build build -j4 && \
+    cmake --install build && \
     cd "${HOME}" && \
     rm -rf LightGBM
 

docker/gpu/dockerfile-cli-only-distroless.gpu

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 # LightGBM
 WORKDIR /opt
 RUN git clone --recursive --branch stable --depth 1 https://github.com/Microsoft/LightGBM && \
-    cd LightGBM && mkdir build && cd build && \
-    cmake -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=${OPENCL_LIBRARIES}/libOpenCL.so.1 -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR .. && \
-    make OPENCL_HEADERS=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR LIBOPENCL=$OPENCL_LIBRARIES
+    cd LightGBM && \
+    cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=${OPENCL_LIBRARIES}/libOpenCL.so.1 -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR && \
+    OPENCL_HEADERS=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR LIBOPENCL=$OPENCL_LIBRARIES cmake --build build
 
 FROM gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian10
 COPY --from=build \

docker/gpu/dockerfile-cli-only.gpu

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 WORKDIR /opt
 RUN git clone --recursive --branch stable --depth 1 https://github.com/Microsoft/LightGBM && \
     cd LightGBM && mkdir build && cd build && \
-    cmake -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=${OPENCL_LIBRARIES}/libOpenCL.so.1 -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR .. && \
-    make OPENCL_HEADERS=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR LIBOPENCL=$OPENCL_LIBRARIES
+    cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=${OPENCL_LIBRARIES}/libOpenCL.so.1 -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR && \
+    OPENCL_HEADERS=$OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIR LIBOPENCL=$OPENCL_LIBRARIES cmake --build build
 
 FROM nvidia/opencl:runtime
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \

docker/gpu/dockerfile.gpu

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ RUN conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no && \
 RUN cd /usr/local/src && mkdir lightgbm && cd lightgbm && \
     git clone --recursive --branch stable --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM && \
     cd LightGBM && mkdir build && cd build && \
-    cmake -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/cuda/lib64/libOpenCL.so -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/cuda/include/ .. && \
-    make OPENCL_HEADERS=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/targets/x86_64-linux/include LIBOPENCL=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/targets/x86_64-linux/lib
+    cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/cuda/lib64/libOpenCL.so -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/cuda/include/ && \
+    OPENCL_HEADERS=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/targets/x86_64-linux/include LIBOPENCL=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/targets/x86_64-linux/lib cmake --build build
 
 ENV PATH /usr/local/src/lightgbm/LightGBM:${PATH}
 

docs/GPU-Tutorial.rst

@@ -59,13 +59,10 @@ Now we are ready to checkout LightGBM and compile it with GPU support:
 
     git clone --recursive https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM
     cd LightGBM
-    mkdir build
-    cd build
-    cmake -DUSE_GPU=1 .. 
+    cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_GPU=1
     # if you have installed NVIDIA CUDA to a customized location, you should specify paths to OpenCL headers and library like the following:
-    # cmake -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/cuda/lib64/libOpenCL.so -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/cuda/include/ ..
-    make -j$(nproc)
-    cd ..
+    # cmake -B build -S . -DUSE_GPU=1 -DOpenCL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/cuda/lib64/libOpenCL.so -DOpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/cuda/include/
+    cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
 
 You will see two binaries are generated, ``lightgbm`` and ``lib_lightgbm.so``.