Writing a preset file
CMake searches for CMakePresets.json and CMakeUserPresets.json in the top-level directory. Both files use the same JSON structure to define presets, hence there isn’t much difference between them to discuss. The format is a JSON object with the following keys:
version: This is a required integer that specifies the version of the preset JSON schemacmakeMinimumRequired: This is an object that specifies the required CMake versioninclude: This is an array of strings that includes external presets from file paths provided in the array (since schema version 4)configurePresets: This is an array of objects that defines the configuration stage presetsbuildPresets: This is an array of objects that defines the build stage presetstestPresets: This is an array of objects that are specific to the test stage presetspackagePresets: This is an array of objects that are specific to the package stage presetsworkflowPresets...
