# Check if a dependency exist before trying to init git submodules function(check_init_submodule path) file(GLOB DIR_CONTENT "${path}/*") list(LENGTH DIR_CONTENT CONTENT_COUNT) if (CONTENT_COUNT EQUAL 0) if (NOT EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git") message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find third party dependency in '${path}'") endif() find_package(Git QUIET) if (NOT Git_FOUND) message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find Git, third party dependency could not be setup at `${path}") endif() message(STATUS "Setting up dependencies as git submodules") execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} submodule update --init WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT) if(NOT GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT EQUAL "0") message(FATAL_ERROR "Initializing Git submodules failed with ${GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT}") endif() endif() endfunction()