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# C++ CMake template
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## Rationale
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Compiling large C++ applications is a complicated process with potentially many steps, as every source file needs to be compiled to an object file before the collection of all object files can be linked into a library or executable.
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The command line utility `make` has been created to streamline this process.
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Given instructions on how to build a project in the form of a `Makefile`, it only performs the compilation steps that are necessary to bring the application to its most up-to-date state.
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But `Makefile`s are tedious to write by hand and difficult to write in a way that is portable between different operating systems and computers.
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This is where high-level build tools like CMake come into play.
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CMake allows you to specify build instructions in a more abstract and powerful way.
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It can then generate a `Makefile` on demand, or export your build instructions into other formats, like those used by your IDE (CodeBlocks, Eclipse, XCode, ...).
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This CMake template should be well-suited for starting a new C++ project.
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It is preconfigured to allow you to compile an executable or library from a collection of source files in the `src` directory.
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It also allows you to define and run automated tests of your code (with [googletest](http://code.google.com/p/googletest/)), as well as generate documentation from the source files (with [Doxygen](http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/)).
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## Instructions
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When using this template for the first time, run

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