vcmi/docs/developers/CMake.md

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

    CompileFlags:
    CompilationDatabase: build
    

    and place it here:

    .
    ├── 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