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Update README with simplified CPM-based usage
- Show direct CPMAddPackage usage (much cleaner) - Remove complex download template approach - Add real enum-ops example showing 68% boilerplate reduction - Emphasize CPM integration and prerequisites - Document compile-fail test detection feature
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## Usage
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Include in your project similar to how CPM.cmake is included:
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### Option 1: Download and Cache (Recommended)
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Create `cmake/cpp-library.cmake` in your project:
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```cmake
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
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set(CPP_LIBRARY_VERSION 1.0.0)
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set(CPP_LIBRARY_HASH_SUM "...") # SHA256 of the release
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if(CPP_LIBRARY_CACHE)
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set(CPP_LIBRARY_LOCATION "${CPP_LIBRARY_CACHE}/cpp-library/cpp-library_${CPP_LIBRARY_VERSION}.cmake")
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elseif(DEFINED ENV{CPP_LIBRARY_CACHE})
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set(CPP_LIBRARY_LOCATION "$ENV{CPP_LIBRARY_CACHE}/cpp-library/cpp-library_${CPP_LIBRARY_VERSION}.cmake")
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else()
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set(CPP_LIBRARY_LOCATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/cpp-library_${CPP_LIBRARY_VERSION}.cmake")
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endif()
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get_filename_component(CPP_LIBRARY_LOCATION ${CPP_LIBRARY_LOCATION} ABSOLUTE)
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file(DOWNLOAD
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https://github.com/stlab/cpp-library/releases/download/v${CPP_LIBRARY_VERSION}/cpp-library.cmake
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${CPP_LIBRARY_LOCATION} EXPECTED_HASH SHA256=${CPP_LIBRARY_HASH_SUM}
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)
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include(${CPP_LIBRARY_LOCATION})
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```
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### Then in your CMakeLists.txt:
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Use CPMAddPackage to fetch cpp-library directly in your CMakeLists.txt:
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```cmake
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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
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project(your-library VERSION 1.0.0 DESCRIPTION "Your library description" LANGUAGES CXX)
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# Only setup full infrastructure when building as top-level project
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if(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
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set(CPP_LIBRARY_CACHE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.cpp-library-cache CACHE PATH "Directory to cache cpp-library packages" FORCE)
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include(cmake/cpp-library.cmake)
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set(CPM_SOURCE_CACHE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.cpm-cache CACHE PATH "CPM cache")
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include(cmake/CPM.cmake)
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# Fetch cpp-library via CPM
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CPMAddPackage("gh:stlab/[email protected]")
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include(${cpp-library_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp-library.cmake)
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cpp_library_setup(
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NAME your-library
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### Prerequisites
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- **CPM.cmake**: Must be included before using cpp-library
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- **CMake 3.20+**: Required for modern CMake features
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- **C++17+**: Default requirement (configurable)
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## API Reference
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### `cpp_library_setup`
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- **Testing**: doctest integration with CTest
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- **Documentation**: Doxygen with doxygen-awesome-css theme
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- **Development**: clangd compile_commands.json symlink
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- **Compile-fail tests**: Automatic detection for examples with `_fail` suffix
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### Smart Defaults
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- **C++17** standard requirement (configurable)
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- **Ninja** generator in presets
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- **Debug** builds for testing, **Release** for default
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- **Build isolation** with separate build directories
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- **Two-mode operation**: Full infrastructure when top-level, lightweight when consumed
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### Dependency Management
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- **CPM.cmake** for dependency management
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- **Caching** to avoid re-downloading dependencies
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- **CPM.cmake** integration for seamless fetching
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- **Automatic caching** via CPM's built-in mechanisms
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- **[email protected]** for testing
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- **[email protected]** for documentation
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- **Git tag versioning** for reliable updates
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## Example Projects
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This template is used by:
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- [stlab/enum-ops](https://github.com/stlab/enum-ops)
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- [stlab/copy-on-write](https://github.com/stlab/copy-on-write)
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- [stlab/enum-ops](https://github.com/stlab/enum-ops) - Type-safe operators for enums
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- [stlab/copy-on-write](https://github.com/stlab/copy-on-write) - Copy-on-write wrapper
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### Real Usage Example (enum-ops)
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```cmake
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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
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project(stlab-enum-ops VERSION 1.0.0 DESCRIPTION "Type-safe operators for enums" LANGUAGES CXX)
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if(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
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set(CPM_SOURCE_CACHE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.cpm-cache CACHE PATH "CPM cache")
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include(cmake/CPM.cmake)
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CPMAddPackage("gh:stlab/[email protected]")
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include(${cpp-library_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp-library.cmake)
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cpp_library_setup(
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NAME stlab-enum-ops
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VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
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DESCRIPTION "${PROJECT_DESCRIPTION}"
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NAMESPACE stlab
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HEADERS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/stlab/enum_ops.hpp
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EXAMPLES enum_ops_example enum_ops_example_fail
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TESTS enum_ops_all_tests
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DOCS_EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS "stlab::implementation"
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)
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else()
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add_library(stlab-enum-ops INTERFACE)
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add_library(stlab::enum-ops ALIAS stlab-enum-ops)
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target_include_directories(stlab-enum-ops INTERFACE
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$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
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target_compile_features(stlab-enum-ops INTERFACE cxx_std_17)
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endif()
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```
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**Result**: 76 lines of CMake boilerplate reduced to 24 lines (68% reduction)!
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## License
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