From d4045059cbbcae2ee4ad3f13d01ca35d873f5e82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Baris Yazici <baris.yazici@franka.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:09:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: set default cmake build type release

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index feec3738..90c96c19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/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()