microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools
Improve CMakeLists.txt support - auto formatting and auto add to CMakeLists.txt when adding files
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
### Brief Issue Summary
Big bucket item to improve CMakeLists.txt files in existing files
If you add a file to the project, support adding to a target
Improve formatting and navigation
### CMake Tools Diagnostics
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing CMakeLists.txt handling in the project and define the scope of formatting, navigation, and automatic target updates. The issue names no specific source files, tests, or entry points, so completion criteria must first be established for adding files and formatting existing CMakeLists.txt files.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, typescript
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100