cmake: handle symlinking if in-source

NOAA-OWP · Dec 26, 2023 · 0c908de · 0c908de
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commit 0c908de
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ add_dependencies(ngen testbmicppmodel)
 
 # =============================================================================
 
-# Create a symlink between the root data directory in the source tree and the build tree
-file(CREATE_LINK "${NGEN_ROOT_DIR}/data" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/data" SYMBOLIC)
-
-# Create a symlink between the test data directory in the source tree and the build tree
-file(CREATE_LINK "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/data" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test/data" SYMBOLIC)
+# If ${NGEN_ROOT_DIR} and ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} are the same, then we have an in-source build
+# and this is not necessary.
+if(NOT NGEN_ROOT_DIR STREQUAL PROJECT_BINARY_DIR)
+    # Create a symlink between the root data directory in the source tree and the build tree
+    file(CREATE_LINK "${NGEN_ROOT_DIR}/data" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/data" SYMBOLIC)
+
+    # Create a symlink between the test data directory in the source tree and the build tree
+    file(CREATE_LINK "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/data" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/test/data" SYMBOLIC)
+endif()
 
 # =============================================================================