Better CMake Part 10 -- When to use FetchContent

Time stamps:
0:00​ - Intro
0:50 - Briefly discuss FetchContent
2:49 - FetchContent for Superbuilds?
4:24 - Example using FetchContent
8:37 - Example for when FetchContent may not be best
12:24 - Don't forget about the ExternalData module!
15:23 - Wrap up
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[@oppdatertdejegabonnererpa9066]

Will you cover CTest for a future video? Btw, love the CMake series :)

[@ejovo]

I second ctest!

[@chrisjthrasher]

I’ve found that FetchContent is perfect for grabbing testing frameworks. Tests aren’t part of a project’s API so vendoring this dependency should place no extra burden on packagers who will disable tests while providing a really convenient experience for developers and CI runners who may not have the specific test framework version already installed.

[@Stradigos]

How do you do this with Boost? I cannot figure that out. I'm using FetchContent to get it, and it configures it, but find_package does not work on it.

[@Crossbow123]

I'm somewhat surprised though that neither the official CMake documentation nor the official CMake book mention any of this apart from the "raw" documentation of the functions.

[@rockywong3664]

I hope it's not the last tutorial episode.