dependabot / dependabot/dependabot-core
Add support for CMake's "FetchContent" submodule
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Description
### Is there an existing issue for this?
- [X] I have searched the existing issues
### Feature description
CMake has a "FetchContent" module that permits adding a dependency on another project.
See:
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FetchContent.html
It would be good to have dependabot scan for these dependencies and update them.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with CMake's FetchContent module documentation linked in the issue and trace how Dependabot currently discovers dependencies in CMake projects. Done means FetchContent dependencies are detected and eligible updates can be proposed, with tests covering the supported declarations and update behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100