Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] Make CMake work out of the box

From: "Matthew Rogers via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 12:02:51 +0000

This pull request comes from our discussion here[1], and I think these
patches provide a good compromise around the concerns discussed there

1:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/

CCing the people involved in the original discussion. cc: Philip Oakley
[email-masked] cc: Sibi Siddharthan
[email-masked], cc: Johannes Schindelin
[email-masked], cc: Danh Doan [email-masked]

Matthew Rogers (3):
  cmake: add knob to disable vcpkg
  cmake: create compile_commands.json by default
  cmake: add warning for ignored MSGFMT_EXE

 contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

base-commit: c09b6306c6ca275ed9d0348a8c8014b2ff723cfb
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-970%2FROGERSM94%2Ffix-cmake-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-970/ROGERSM94/fix-cmake-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/970

Range-diff vs v1:

 1:  3170f78daa5f ! 1:  485254b49de8 cmake: add knob to disable vcpkg
     @@ Commit message
              generators.
      
            - Some versions of Visual Studio 2019 moved away from using the
     -        VS 2019 by default, making it impossible for Visual Studio to
     -        configure the project in the likely event that it couldn't find the
     -        dependencies.
     +        VS 2019  generator by default, making it impossible for Visual
     +        Studio to configure the project in the likely event that it couldn't
     +        find the dependencies.
      
            - Inexperienced users of CMake are very likely to get tripped up by
              the errors caused by a lack of vcpkg, making the above bullet point
              both annoying and hard to debug.
      
     -    As such, lets make using vcpkg the default on windows.  Users who want
     +    As such, let's make using vcpkg the default on windows.  Users who want
          to avoid using vcpkg can disable it by passing -DNO_VCPKG=TRUE.
      
          Signed-off-by: Matthew Rogers <[email-masked]>
     @@ contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt: NOTE: By default CMake uses Makefile as the
       set(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../..)
      -if(WIN32)
      +
     -+if (WIN32 AND NOT NO_VCPKG)
     -+	set(USING_VCPKG TRUE)
     -+else()
     -+	set(USING_VCPKG FALSE)
     ++option(USE_VCPKG "Whether or not to use vcpkg for obtaining dependencies.  Only applicable to Windows platforms" ON)
     ++if(NOT WIN32)
     ++	set(USE_VCPKG OFF CACHE BOOL FORCE)
      +endif()
      +
     -+if(USING_VCPKG)
     ++if(USE_VCPKG)
       	set(VCPKG_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg")
      -	if(MSVC AND NOT EXISTS ${VCPKG_DIR})
      +	if(NOT EXISTS ${VCPKG_DIR})
     @@ contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt: endif()
       find_program(MSGFMT_EXE msgfmt)
       if(NOT MSGFMT_EXE)
      -	set(MSGFMT_EXE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/msys64/usr/bin/msgfmt.exe)
     -+	if (USING_VCPKG)
     ++	if (USE_VCPKG)
      +		set(MSGFMT_EXE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/msys64/usr/bin/msgfmt.exe)
      +	endif()
       	if(NOT EXISTS ${MSGFMT_EXE})
     @@ contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt: file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-O
       file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "NO_PYTHON='${NO_PYTHON}'\n")
       file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC='${SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC}'\n")
      -if(WIN32)
     -+if(USING_VCPKG)
     ++if(USE_VCPKG)
       	file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "PATH=\"$PATH:$TEST_DIRECTORY/../compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows/bin\"\n")
       endif()
       
 2:  c3bf266cf03a ! 2:  a3b5eef54188 cmake: create compile_commands.json by default
     @@ Commit message
          time of this writing, and no real negative consequences that I can find
          with my search-skills.
      
     -    NOTE: That the comppile_commands.json is currenntly produced only when
     +    NOTE: That the compile_commands.json is currently produced only when
          using the Ninja and Makefile generators.  See The CMake documentation[3]
          for more info.
      
     @@ Commit message
          Signed-off-by: Matthew Rogers <[email-masked]>
      
       ## contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt ##
     -@@ contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt: else()
     - 	set(USING_VCPKG FALSE)
     +@@ contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt: if(NOT WIN32)
     + 	set(USE_VCPKG OFF CACHE BOOL FORCE)
       endif()
       
     -+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS)
     -+	SET(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS TRUE)
     ++if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS)
     ++	set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS TRUE)
      +endif()
      +
     - if(USING_VCPKG)
     + if(USE_VCPKG)
       	set(VCPKG_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg")
       	if(NOT EXISTS ${VCPKG_DIR})
 3:  07763a9de723 ! 3:  2110c8ffa423 cmake: add warning for ignored MSGFMT_EXE
     @@ Commit message
          configured, as such add a check for NO_GETTEXT before attempting to set
          it.
      
     -    suggested-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email-masked]>
     +    Suggested-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email-masked]>
          Signed-off-by: Matthew Rogers <[email-masked]>
      
       ## contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt ##
     @@ contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt: if(WIN32 AND NOT MSVC)#not required for vis
       
      -find_program(MSGFMT_EXE msgfmt)
      -if(NOT MSGFMT_EXE)
     --	if (USING_VCPKG)
     +-	if (USE_VCPKG)
      -		set(MSGFMT_EXE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/msys64/usr/bin/msgfmt.exe)
      -	endif()
      -	if(NOT EXISTS ${MSGFMT_EXE})
     @@ contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt: if(WIN32 AND NOT MSVC)#not required for vis
      +else()
      +	find_program(MSGFMT_EXE msgfmt)
      +	if(NOT MSGFMT_EXE)
     -+		if (USING_VCPKG)
     ++		if(USE_VCPKG)
      +			set(MSGFMT_EXE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/msys64/usr/bin/msgfmt.exe)
      +		endif()
      +		if(NOT EXISTS ${MSGFMT_EXE})

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