7 files changed, 46 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/cmake/GenerateVersion.cmake b/cmake/GenerateVersion.cmake
index 6118d8cba7..a7a72fe0bb 100644
--- a/cmake/GenerateVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GenerateVersion.cmake
@@ -7,15 +7,11 @@ set(NVIM_VERSION_MEDIUM
     "v${NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${NVIM_VERSION_MINOR}.${NVIM_VERSION_PATCH}${NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE}")
 
 execute_process(
-  COMMAND git describe --first-parent --dirty
+  COMMAND git describe --first-parent --dirty --always
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_TAG
-  ERROR_VARIABLE ERR
-  RESULT_VARIABLE RES
-)
+  RESULT_VARIABLE RES)
 
-if(NOT RES EQUAL 0)
-  message(STATUS "Git tag extraction failed:\n"  "   ${GIT_TAG}${ERR}" )
-  # This will only be executed once since the file will get generated afterwards.
+if(RES AND NOT RES EQUAL 0)
   message(STATUS "Using NVIM_VERSION_MEDIUM: ${NVIM_VERSION_MEDIUM}")
   file(WRITE "${OUTPUT}" "${NVIM_VERSION_STRING}")
   return()
diff --git a/cmake/GetCompileFlags.cmake b/cmake/GetCompileFlags.cmake
index 49b57f6f75..3b027690f8 100644
--- a/cmake/GetCompileFlags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GetCompileFlags.cmake
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ function(get_compile_flags _compile_flags)
   # Create template akin to CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OBJECT.
   set(compile_flags "<CMAKE_C_COMPILER> <CFLAGS> <BUILD_TYPE_CFLAGS> <COMPILE_OPTIONS><COMPILE_DEFINITIONS> <INCLUDES>")
 
-  # Get C compiler.
-  if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1)
-    string(REPLACE
-      "<CMAKE_C_COMPILER>"
-      "<CMAKE_C_COMPILER> ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1}"
-      compile_flags
-      "${compile_flags}")
-  endif()
   string(REPLACE
     "<CMAKE_C_COMPILER>"
     "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
diff --git a/cmake/RunMsgfmt.cmake b/cmake/RunMsgfmt.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 51606338e0..0000000000
--- a/cmake/RunMsgfmt.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-set(ENV{OLD_PO_FILE_INPUT} yes)
-
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND ${MSGFMT_PRG} -o ${MO_FILE} ${PO_FILE}
-  ERROR_VARIABLE err
-  RESULT_VARIABLE res)
-if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "msgfmt failed to run correctly: ${err}")
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/RunMsgmerge.cmake b/cmake/RunMsgmerge.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 69e5c7276d..0000000000
--- a/cmake/RunMsgmerge.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-set(ENV{OLD_PO_FILE_INPUT} yes)
-set(ENV{OLD_PO_FILE_OUTPUT} yes)
-
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND ${MSGMERGE_PRG} -q --update --backup=none --sort-by-file
-      ${PO_FILE} ${POT_FILE}
-  ERROR_VARIABLE err
-  RESULT_VARIABLE res)
-if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "msgmerge failed to run correctly: ${err}")
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/RunTests.cmake b/cmake/RunTests.cmake
index e07c6dd174..2abe29b54b 100644
--- a/cmake/RunTests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/RunTests.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 set(ENV{LC_ALL} "en_US.UTF-8")
 
 if(POLICY CMP0012)
-  # Handle CI=true, without dev warnings.
+  # Avoid policy warning due to CI=true. This is needed even if the main
+  # project has already set this policy as policy settings are reset when using
+  # the cmake script mode (-P).
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0012 NEW)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/RunXgettext.cmake b/cmake/RunXgettext.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c9328b151d..0000000000
--- a/cmake/RunXgettext.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-set(ENV{OLD_PO_FILE_INPUT} yes)
-set(ENV{OLD_PO_FILE_OUTPUT} yes)
-
-list(SORT SOURCES)
-
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_PRG} -o ${POT_FILE} --default-domain=nvim
-      --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ -D ${SEARCH_DIR}
-      ${SOURCES}
-  ERROR_VARIABLE err
-  RESULT_VARIABLE res)
-if(NOT res EQUAL 0)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "xgettext failed to run correctly: ${err}")
-endif()
diff --git a/cmake/Util.cmake b/cmake/Util.cmake
index b485f4606b..343a729305 100644
--- a/cmake/Util.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Util.cmake
@@ -143,3 +143,43 @@ function(add_glob_targets)
 
   add_custom_target(${ARG_TARGET} DEPENDS ${touch_list})
 endfunction()
+
+# Set default build type to Debug. Also limit the list of allowable build types
+# to the ones defined in variable allowableBuildTypes.
+#
+# The correct way to specify build type (for example Release) for
+# single-configuration generators (Make and Ninja) is to run
+#
+# cmake -B build -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+# cmake --build build
+#
+# while for multi-configuration generators (Visual Studio, Xcode and Ninja
+# Multi-Config) is to run
+#
+# cmake -B build
+# cmake --build build --config Release
+#
+# Passing CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE for multi-config generators will now not only
+# not be used, but also generate a warning for the user.
+function(set_default_buildtype)
+  set(allowableBuildTypes Debug Release MinSizeRel RelWithDebInfo)
+
+  get_property(isMultiConfig GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+  if(isMultiConfig)
+    set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES ${allowableBuildTypes} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+      message(WARNING "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE specified which is ignored on \
+      multi-configuration generators. Defaulting to Debug build type.")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "${allowableBuildTypes}")
+    if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+      message(STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE not specified, default is 'Debug'")
+      set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build" FORCE)
+    elseif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE IN_LIST allowableBuildTypes)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+    else()
+      message(STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endfunction()