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Keep the build folder for cmake output?
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Somewhere during 10.8.1 refactorings a build folder was introduced in repository root which contains windows build related files. However that folder was also already used in the build instructions for standalone as the build output folder.
Is it standard practice to output to the build folder when using cmake? @jsm174
The fact that output goes in this folder and that it is also in git is quite annoying. A git status will show you this:
➜ vpinball git:(build/asahi-linux) ✗ git status
On branch build/asahi-linux
Your branch is up to date with 'francisdb/build/asahi-linux'.
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
build/CMakeCache.txt
build/CMakeFiles/
build/Makefile
build/VPinballX_BGFX
build/VPinballX_GL
build/assets/
build/cmake_install.cmake
build/docs/
build/flexdmd/
build/libSDL2-2.0.so
...
Describe the solution you'd like
Can we rename the repository build folder to something else?
Describe alternatives you've considered
- Adding git excludes/includes for the build folder, might be annoying to manage.
- Switching to a different output folder in the standalone build instructions.
fwiw, out of the box, the official "CMake Tools" and "C/C++ extension pack" extensions (from microsoft) for visual studio code write to build
