From 9bd0a519fc1709c0c6fe7f401b1fd55413d82b2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Boasson <eb@ilities.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 08:20:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] default to a RelWithDebInfo build if cmake is invoked without
 setting CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE

Signed-off-by: Erik Boasson <eb@ilities.com>
---
 src/CMakeLists.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ce4d006..ef98c81 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@
 #
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6)
 
+# Set a default build type if none was specified
+set(default_build_type "RelWithDebInfo")
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+  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()
+
 FUNCTION(PREPEND var prefix)
    SET(listVar "")
    FOREACH(f ${ARGN})