Automatically symlink compile_commands.json

compile_commands.json allows IDEs to provide go-to definition etc.
support, but it gets generated in CMAKE_BINARY_DIR, which may be
out of tree when doing an out-of-source build. So, symlink it
automatically to allow IDEs to pick it up.

Author: mszabo-wikia

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ INCLUDE("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/VisualStudioToolset.cmake")
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
+# Create symlink to compile_commands.json for IDE to pick it up
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json)
+
 # includes
 SET(
   CMAKE_MODULE_PATH