commit 8a7c9c971f930e043101ce2b41b7f3f75529162c
parent b41e066aa124b5feb428877c7a35776ce4d3035c
Author: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 22:37:42 +0200
build: ignore out-of-source build folder #33191
Create a .gitignore file inside a build folder. This way this folder
will be ignored by git and hence, no entry in the root .gitignore is
required.
For more information see this post:
https://www.scivision.dev/cmake-auto-gitignore-build-dir/
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ compile_commands.json
/.idea/
# Build/deps dir
-/build/
/.deps/
/tmp/
/.clangd/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ include(InstallHelpers)
include(PreventInTreeBuilds)
include(Util)
+if(NOT PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL PROJECT_BINARY_DIR)
+ # Auto-create a .gitignore in the specified "build" directory.
+ file(GENERATE OUTPUT .gitignore CONTENT "*")
+endif()
+
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