update module to track 4.4

Author: enetheru

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 # Using the same minimum as the godot-cpp project
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
 
+#[[ Things to know
+* The default build type in CMake is Debug,
+]]
+
+
+set(LIBNAME "EXTENSION-NAME" CACHE STRING "The name of the library")
+set(GODOT_PROJECT_DIR "demo" CACHE STRING "The directory of the Godot project folder")
+
 # Specify Options
-option(USE_GIT_SUBMODULES ON "")
-option(USE_FETCHCONTENT OFF "")
+option(USE_GIT_SUBMODULES "Use the git submodules to fetch godot-cpp" ON)
+option(USE_FETCHCONTENT "Use CMake's FetchContent to fetch godot-cpp" OFF)
 
 # Verify Options
 if(USE_GIT_SUBMODULES AND USE_FETCHCONTENT)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot specify both git submodules and fetchcontent.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "USE_GIT_SUBMODULES and USE_FETCHCONTENT are mutually exclusive options")
 endif()
 
 #[[ CMake has a bunch of global properties which get copied to projects and targets at the moment of definition.
@@ -20,25 +28,24 @@ Examples are: CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES, CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
 endif()
 
-
 # Make sure all the dependencies are satisfied
 find_package(Python3 3.4 REQUIRED)
 
 # For godot-cpp we can use the git submodule method, or we can use CMake's fetchcontent module
 # In either case it is important to specify any GODOTCPP_ options prior to add_subdirectory
 # or fetchcontent_makeavailable
 
-#set(GODOTCPP_BUILD_PROFILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build_profile.json")
+# I highly recommend using a build profile to cut down on the code generation and build time of godot-cpp
+# set(GODOTCPP_BUILD_PROFILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build_profile.json")
 
 if(USE_GIT_SUBMODULES)
     if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/godot-cpp/src")
         message(NOTICE "godot-cpp bindings source not found")
         message(NOTICE "initializing/updating the godot-cpp submodule...")
 
-        # update the c++ bindings submodule to populate it with
-        # the necessary source for the library
+        # update the c++ bindings submodule to populate it with the necessary source for the library
         execute_process(
-            COMMAND git submodule update --init extern/godot-cpp
+            COMMAND git submodule update --init godot-cpp
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
             COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY
         )
@@ -61,32 +68,37 @@ if(USE_FETCHCONTENT)
     fetchcontent_makeavailable(godot-cpp)
 endif()
 
-# Now we can specify our own project.
+# The godot-cpp cmake project specifies three targets to link against.
+# godot-cpp.template-debug
+# godot-cpp.template_release
+# godot-cpp.editor
+
+# The targets have some of useful properties attached to them that can be retrieved like so.
+get_target_property(GODOTCPP_SUFFIX godot-cpp.editor GODOTCPP_SUFFIX)
+get_target_property(GODOTCPP_PLATFORM godot-cpp.editor GODOTCPP_PLATFORM)
+
+# Now we can specify our own project which will inherit any global cmake properties or variables that have been defined.
 project(godot-cpp-template
     VERSION 1.0
     DESCRIPTION "This repository serves as a quickstart template for GDExtension development with Godot 4.0+."
     HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/enetheru/godot-cpp-template/tree/main"
     LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
-# The PROJECT_NAME stores the name of the last called project()
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED)
+add_library(${LIBNAME} SHARED)
 
-target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME}
+target_sources(${LIBNAME}
     PRIVATE
     src/register_types.cpp
     src/register_types.h
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE godot-cpp.editor)
+target_link_libraries(${LIBNAME} PRIVATE godot-cpp.editor)
 
-# The godot targets have a couple of useful properties attached to them
-get_target_property(GODOTCPP_SUFFIX godot-cpp.editor GODOTCPP_SUFFIX)
-
-set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}
+set_target_properties(${LIBNAME}
     PROPERTIES
-    #The generator expression here prevents a subdir from being created.
-    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "$<1:${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}>"
-    # name format project.<platform>.<target>[.dev][.double].<arch>[.custom_suffix]
-    OUTPUT_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}${GODOTCPP_SUFFIX}"
+    # The generator expression here prevents msvc from adding a Debug or Release subdir.
+    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "$<1:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${GODOT_PROJECT_DIR}/bin/${GODOTCPP_PLATFORM}>"
+
+    OUTPUT_NAME "${LIBNAME}${GODOTCPP_SUFFIX}"
 )