From 969c574806b491bb92c57ee894a0927b8fc39964 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martchus <martchus@gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 17:00:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create srcref in BasicConfig.cmake

---
 cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake | 4 ++++
 cmake/modules/TestTarget.cmake  | 3 ---
 tests/testutils.cpp             | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
index 6cfebaa..3cbb0b2 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
@@ -283,4 +283,8 @@ if(NOT META_NO_INSTALL_TARGETS AND ENABLE_INSTALL_TARGETS)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+# add a file called "srcdirref" to the build directory; this file contains the path of the sources so tests can easily find test files contained in the source directory
+# note: This is also useful when using the TestApplication class in the regular target, so this is created in BasicConfig.cmake (rather than only TestTarget.cmake)
+file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/srcdirref" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
 set(BASIC_PROJECT_CONFIG_DONE YES)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/TestTarget.cmake b/cmake/modules/TestTarget.cmake
index 426fa9b..e08e971 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/TestTarget.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/TestTarget.cmake
@@ -302,9 +302,6 @@ if(CPP_UNIT_LIB OR META_NO_CPP_UNIT)
         endif()
     endif()
 
-    # add a file called "srcdirref" to the build directory; this file contains the path of the sources so tests can easily find test files contained in the source directory
-    file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/srcdirref" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
-
     set(META_HAVE_TESTS YES)
 
 else()
diff --git a/tests/testutils.cpp b/tests/testutils.cpp
index 9ed5593..1925b14 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.cpp
+++ b/tests/testutils.cpp
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ void TestApplication::readFallbackTestfilePathFromSrcRef()
 {
     try {
         // read "srcdirref" file which should contain the path of the source directory; this file should have been
-        // create by the CMake module "TestTarget.cmake"
+        // create by the CMake module "BasicConfig.cmake"
         const string srcDirContent(readFile("srcdirref", 2 * 1024));
         if (srcDirContent.empty()) {
             cerr << Phrases::Warning << "The file \"srcdirref\" is empty." << Phrases::EndFlush;