Add workflow and per-type defined values to cmake --list-presets.
Each -defined value lists every non-hidden preset of the selected type
and explains why unavailable presets cannot be used. The defined value
is an alias for configure-defined.
Support --list-presets=defined in cmake build and workflow modes,
ctest, and cpack. Propagate configure preset unavailability to
dependent build, test, package, and workflow presets.
Fixes: #28016, #26118
As the number of areas in CMake for which we've provided JSON schemas
has expanded, testing infrastructure has mostly been copy-pasted across
the relevant test suites. Unify it to a single reusable validator
script and CMake helper.
- Forward the '--presets-file <file>' arguments to each workflow step.
- Ensure tests do not auto-set CMakePresets.json
- Fix typos in test names
Fixes: 27932
When adding a presets test case, the per-case `.cmake` files are
sometimes not necessary to exercise the test logic. Relax the inclusion
of such files and remove all empty placeholders.
Note that some non-empty `CMakePresets/Trace-*.cmake` files are also
removed; they only include other empty files, and nothing in the test
case assertions (trace outputs / stderr) exercises the include
statements themselves.
Include the preset type when emitting generic error messages,
which avoids confusion over which preset is presenting problems
(e.g., if you you have a preset called "default" in each of the
configure, build, test, package and workflow preset types).
Include additional information about the specific error encountered
when processing a preset.
Fixes: #27774
Allow CMake, CTest, and CPack to read presets from a path given by
command-line argument instead of always requiring `CMakePresets.json`
or `CMakeUserPresets.json` in the source tree. This makes the presets
feature more extensible to cases in which the user doesn't have access
to the presets defined in the source tree (e.g., if the source tree is
not writable).
For now, there is no equivalent implementation of such an option in the
`cmake-gui`, nor for the recent presets functionality implemented in
`ctest_configure` and `ctest_build`.
Fixes: #27329
ef95ae2e45 cmake --workflow: Improve errors when no preset is specified
af78be98c5 cmake --build: Improve errors when no preset is specified
6014f09e97 cpack: Improve errors when no preset is specified
f8ae1bbbec ctest: Improve errors when no preset is specified
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !11840
Add a testPassthroughArguments field to the execution object of test
presets, allowing users to forward arguments to test executables via
preset JSON. This extends the existing ctest -- CLI feature into the
preset system as schema version 12.
Preset arguments are assigned first, then CLI -- arguments are appended
after, so both sources combine naturally.
Fixes: #20470
Amend commit 71ff5a9d6f (presets: Disallow negative values for "jobs"
fields, 2026-01-13) by adjusting the schema and tests to reflect that
this behavior change is agnostic to the version in the preset file.
Allow an empty string for the "jobs" field of test presets to mirror
the `ctest --parallel` option without a number specified, which
corresponds to setting the parallelism to the maximum of the number of
processors or 2.
Issue: #27070
Jobs should never be negative, to mirror the behavior on the command
line for both `cmake --build` and `ctest`. This fixes unintended
behaviors where "-1" would lead to `cmake::NO_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL`
being used for build presets and an integer overflow occurring for test
presets.
Bump to presets version 11 to signify the change.
Add `--test-output-truncation` to `ctest`. This option can be used to
customize which part of the test output is being truncated. Currently
supported values are `tail`, `middle` and `head`.
Also add equivalent `CTEST_CUSTOM_TEST_OUTPUT_TRUNCATION` variable.
Fixes: #23206
6fa3647023 ctest: Add support for '--prefix=<prefix>' form of the argument
3357d37761 cmake: Add support for '--build --prefix=<prefix>' form of the argument
2f13fdef0a cmake: Document '--preset <preset>' form of the argument
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !5849
Maximilian Sander
Tyler Yankee
Kyle Williams
Richard
scivision
Brad King
Mickaël Germain
Martin Duffy
Kyle Edwards
Frank Winklmeier
Sam Freed