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+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Dominik Meyer
+#  
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#  
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#  
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#  
+
+
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR)
+project (remine-api-cpp VERSION 0.0.1 LANGUAGES  CXX)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules )
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
+include(compdb)
+include(doxygen)
+
+build_docs(PROCESS_DOXYFILE DOXYFILE_PATH "docs/Doxyfile.in" )
+
+
+# generate project specific configuration file
+configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.hpp.in ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.hpp @ONLY)
+
+#
+# All dependencies
+#
+
+IF (NOT TARGET CLI11)
+  set(CLI11_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "disable testing")
+  add_subdirectory(libs/CLI11 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(NOT TARGET loguru)
+  set(LOGURU_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "disable testing")
+  set(LOGURU_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "disable testing")
+  set(LOGURU_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "disable testing")
+  set(LOGURU_WITH_STREAMS ON CACHE BOOL "disable testing")
+  add_subdirectory(libs/loguru EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(NOT TARGET nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
+  set(JSON_BuildTests OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  add_subdirectory(libs/json EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(NOT TARGET httplib::httplib)
+  set(HTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  set(HTTPLIB_TEST OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  add_subdirectory(libs/cpp-httplib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+ENDIF()
+
+
+SET(REDMINE_LIBARIES loguru nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json httplib::httplib)
+
+#
+# all source files for the redmine api cpp library
+#
+SET(REDMINE_API_SOURCES
+  include/Redmine/Object.hpp
+  src/Redmine/Object.cpp
+  
+  include/Redmine/User.hpp
+  src/Redmine/User.cpp
+
+  include/Redmine/API.hpp
+  src/Redmine/API.cpp
+)
+
+add_library(redmine-api-cpp-objlib OBJECT ${REDMINE_API_SOURCES})
+
+set_property(TARGET redmine-api-cpp-objlib PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE 1)
+target_include_directories(redmine-api-cpp-objlib 
+  PUBLIC
+          include
+  PRIVATE
+          src
+)
+target_link_libraries(redmine-api-cpp-objlib PUBLIC ${REDMINE_LIBARIES})
+
+add_library(redmine-api-cpp SHARED $<TARGET_OBJECTS:redmine-api-cpp-objlib>)
+target_include_directories(redmine-api-cpp
+  PUBLIC
+          include
+  PRIVATE
+          src
+)
+target_link_libraries(redmine-api-cpp-objlib PUBLIC ${REDMINE_LIBARIES})
+
+add_library(redmine-api-cpp-static STATIC $<TARGET_OBJECTS:redmine-api-cpp-objlib>)
+target_include_directories(redmine-api-cpp-static
+  PUBLIC
+          include
+  PRIVATE
+          src
+)
+target_link_libraries(redmine-api-cpp-static PUBLIC ${REDMINE_LIBARIES})
+
+
+add_executable(redmine-cli
+                          src/Redmine-CLI/main.cpp 
+                          src/Redmine-CLI/Redmine.hpp
+                          src/Redmine-CLI/Redmine.cpp
+                          src/Redmine-CLI/Command/Version.hpp 
+                          src/Redmine-CLI/Command/Version.cpp
+                          src/Redmine-CLI/Command/MyAccount.hpp 
+                          src/Redmine-CLI/Command/MyAccount.cpp
+                          )
+target_link_libraries(redmine-cli redmine-api-cpp-static loguru CLI11)
+target_include_directories(redmine-cli
+  PRIVATE
+          src
+)
+
+IF(${REDMINE_API_TESTS})
+
+IF(NOT TARGET Catch2)
+  add_subdirectory(libs/Catch2 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  include(libs/Catch2/contrib/Catch.cmake)
+ENDIF()
+#
+# add tests as executable
+#
+add_executable(test_event tests/test_event.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(test_event Catch2::Catch2 eventmanager-static)
+catch_discover_tests(test_event)
+
+add_executable(test_basic tests/test_basic.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(test_basic Catch2::Catch2 eventmanager-static)
+catch_discover_tests(test_basic)
+
+ENDIF()