Decrease the length of headers with help of target_include_directories

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I have a project

├── CMakeLists.txt
│   ├── log
│   │   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   │   ├── include
│   │   │   ├── log.h
│   │   └── src
│   │       ├── log.cpp
│   └── main.cpp

In log.cpp I am usng #include "../include/log.h" and in main.cpp I amd using #include "include/log.h"

I want to use #include "log.h"

I read that target_include_directories can help me.

How can I apply it to my CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)

project(Logger)

# specify the C++ standard
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)

#include_directories(log/include/) -- I used this, but I want to use target_include_directories

add_library(log_lib log/src/log.cpp)

add_executable(demo main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(demo log_lib)
cmake c++
2 Answers

define the target and then use the name as the first argument for target_include_directories

add_library(log_lib log/src/log.cpp)
target_include_directories(log_lib PUBLIC log/include)

worry about INTERFACE vs PUBLIC vs PRIVATE after you've got it all working and you want to understand it better. (This option transitively affects targets that depend on your library).

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The line below helped

target_include_directories(log_lib PUBLIC log/include)
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