README.md

cmake-gtest-template

A simple CMake template for a C++ executable using a static library for logic and GTest for unit testing.

I tried to use a relatively modern CMake style, but my experience is somewhat limited.

Project Structure

template
│   CMakeLists.txt
│
├───foobar
│       CMakeLists.txt
│       main.cpp
│
├───foobar-test
│       CMakeLists.txt
│       CMakeLists.txt.in
│       example.cpp
│
└───libfoobar
        CMakeLists.txt
        example.cpp
        example.h

GTest is checked out from from git during configuration and automatically built and linked together with foobar-test. Tests are also properly registered with CTest.

Usage

Look at the structure in template/ or run generate.py:

generate.py -t <path to target folder>  <project name>

This will copy the example project in template/ and do a very simple rename & replace for directories and file contents with the project name you specified. This process isn't very smart and might mess something up...