let CMake fetch your build dependencies/technologies/code_exchange/b/blog/posts/let-cmake-fetch-your-build-dependenciesWhen you work on a project, you often rely on external libraries and source code. If you use CMake as your build tool: it can download the artifacts for you. And make them available during build. By using FetchContent. use case: your pro...en-USTelligent Community 12RE: let CMake fetch your build dependencieshttps://community.element14.com/technologies/code_exchange/b/blog/posts/let-cmake-fetch-your-build-dependenciesSun, 09 Mar 2025 21:16:25 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2fc40376-0fb4-4282-ac9a-5768d87ce317Jan Cumps0<p><span>The FetchContent_Declare&nbsp;declaration has this attribute:</span></p> <p><span>SOURCE_SUBDIR =</span></p> <p>I&#39;m using this, because&nbsp;the GIT repository I want to fetch, has a CMakeLists.txt file in its root. By default, CMake will run that.</p> <p>And&nbsp;(in this case) I don&#39;t want that. I just want to fetch the sources, and have CMake make the location available for scripting.</p> <p>Setting&nbsp;<span>SOURCE_SUBDIR to empty, takes care of that.</span></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=28758&AppID=74&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">