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This PR adds FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS to the FetchContent_Declare calls for both googletest and yaml-cpp dependencies, enabling users to use pre-installed versions of these packages instead of always downloading and building from source.

Changes Made

  • Added FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS NAMES GTest to googletest FetchContent_Declare
  • Added FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS NAMES yaml-cpp to yaml-cpp FetchContent_Declare
  • Updated .gitignore to properly exclude all build directories

Benefits

With these changes, CMake will now:

  1. First attempt to find pre-installed versions of googletest and yaml-cpp using find_package()
  2. Fall back to the existing FetchContent behavior (download and build from source) if the packages are not found
  3. Maintain full backward compatibility - existing builds continue to work unchanged

Example Usage

Users can now install these dependencies system-wide and CMake will automatically use them:

# Install dependencies via package manager
sudo apt-get install libgtest-dev libyaml-cpp-dev

# Build will now use installed packages instead of downloading
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Verification

  • All existing tests pass (34/34)
  • Build system successfully attempts find_package for both dependencies before falling back to FetchContent
  • Verified with CMake debug output that find_package calls are made for both GTest and yaml-cpp
  • Clean builds work correctly in both scenarios (with and without pre-installed packages)

This implementation provides a more flexible dependency management approach while maintaining complete backward compatibility.

Fixes #96.


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Support dependencies with find package and fetch content Add FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS support for googletest and yaml-cpp dependencies Jul 18, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from K20shores July 18, 2025 21:22
Copilot finished work on behalf of K20shores July 18, 2025 21:22
@K20shores K20shores marked this pull request as ready for review July 18, 2025 21:30
@K20shores K20shores requested a review from boulderdaze July 18, 2025 21:31
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@K20shores K20shores merged commit e48dcef into main Jul 18, 2025
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@K20shores K20shores deleted the copilot/fix-96 branch July 18, 2025 21:54
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Support dependencies with find package and fetch content

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