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CMake options

  • -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
  • Enables debug info and disables optimizations
  • -D CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
  • Creates compile_commands.json for clangd language server. For clangd to find the JSON, create a file named .clangd with this content ```text CompileFlags: CompilationDatabase: build 
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    and place it here:
```text
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├── vcmi -> contains sources and is under git control
├── build -> contains build output, makefiles, object files,...
└── .clangd
  • -D ENABLE_CCACHE:BOOL=ON
  • Speeds up recompilation
  • -G Ninja
  • Use Ninja build system instead of Make, which speeds up the build and doesn't require a -j flag