default to debug configuration

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ set (OpenRaider_VERSION_RELEASE -git)
 # Build Host
 set (OpenRaider_BUILD_HOST ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM})
 
+#################################################################
+
+# Set a default build type if none was specified
+if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+    message(STATUS "Setting build type to 'Debug' as none was specified.")
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+endif()
+
+#################################################################
+
 # Configuration Header file
 configure_file (
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Config.h.in"
@@ -23,6 +33,8 @@ include_directories ("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 # Include External Modules
 set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
+#################################################################
+
 # Build warnings
 set (WARNINGS "${WARNINGS} -Weverything -Wno-padded -Wno-packed")
 set (WARNINGS "${WARNINGS} -Wno-global-constructors -Wno-exit-time-destructors")
@@ -46,6 +58,8 @@ set (OpenRaider_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${OpenRaider_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -DNDEBUG -O2"
 set (OpenRaider_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${OpenRaider_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -ffast-math -funroll-loops")
 set (OpenRaider_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${OpenRaider_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fomit-frame-pointer")
 
+#################################################################
+
 # Add subdirectories
 add_subdirectory (src)
 add_subdirectory (test)

README.md

@@ -54,13 +54,11 @@ Linux Distributions will probably provide an ALUT library ready to install with
 
 ## Building
 
-Do a standard cmake out-of-source build and then run the resulting executable:
+Do a standard cmake out-of-source build to get a debug configuration and then run the resulting executable:
 
-    mkdir build
-    cd build
-    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
-    make
-    ./src/OpenRaider
+    mkdir build && cd build
+    cmake ..
+    make run
 
 On Mac OS X, running `make install` will produce a (more or less) distributable OpenRaider.app bundle.