# Taken from https://blog.kitware.com/cmake-and-the-default-build-type/ # Set the default build type to "Release" set(default_build_type "Release") get_property(isMultiConfig GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG) if(NOT isMultiConfig AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE) message(STATUS "Setting build type to '${default_build_type}' as none was specified.") set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${default_build_type}" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE) # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo") endif()