Improve build-info.cpp generation

common/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -23,31 +23,21 @@ if(EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
     endif()
 
     if(EXISTS "${GIT_DIR}/index")
-        set(GIT_INDEX "${GIT_DIR}/index")
+        # For build-info.cpp below
+        set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY CMAKE_CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "${GIT_DIR}/index")
     else()
         message(WARNING "Git index not found in git repository.")
-        set(GIT_INDEX "")
     endif()
 else()
     message(WARNING "Git repository not found; to enable automatic generation of build info, make sure Git is installed and the project is a Git repository.")
-    set(GIT_INDEX "")
 endif()
 
-# Add a custom command to rebuild build-info.cpp when .git/index changes
-add_custom_command(
-    OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build-info.cpp"
-    COMMENT "Generating build details from Git"
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DMSVC=${MSVC} -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} -DCMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME=${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME}
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-            -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}
-            -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/build-info-gen-cpp.cmake"
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-    DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build-info.cpp.in" ${GIT_INDEX}
-    VERBATIM
-)
+set(TEMPLATE_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build-info.cpp.in")
+set(OUTPUT_FILE   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build-info.cpp")
+configure_file(${TEMPLATE_FILE} ${OUTPUT_FILE})
+
 set(TARGET build_info)
-add_library(${TARGET} OBJECT build-info.cpp)
+add_library(${TARGET} OBJECT ${OUTPUT_FILE})
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif()