Merge branch 'feat/default-build-type-release' into fr3-develop

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
+# Set a default build type if none was specified
+set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
+
+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()
+
 if(MSVC)
   add_compile_options(/W0)
 else()