From dbb776ba3af9a8dbcf2120346948067e85db97a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hayodea Hekol <hayodea@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 22:10:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only build tests if BUILD_TESTING is set

---
 CMakeLists.txt       | 6 +++++-
 README.md            | 2 +-
 tests/CMakeLists.txt | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d3b7b6d..1be3d57 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ endif()
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CppBeSSOT.cmake")
 
+if(NOT DEFINED BUILD_TESTING)
+  set(BUILD_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "Build cppbessot tests" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 include(CTest)
 
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
-  add_subdirectory(tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6262155..c1a0e90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ These tests validate that checked-in generated C++ model code can be compiled an
 
 ```bash
 git submodule update --init --recursive tests/googletest
-cmake -S . -B build-tests -DDB_SCHEMA_DIR_TO_GENERATE=test-schema-v1.2
+cmake -S . -B build-tests -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DDB_SCHEMA_DIR_TO_GENERATE=test-schema-v1.2
 cmake --build build-tests --target cpp_serdes_test_schema_v1_2
 ctest --test-dir build-tests --output-on-failure
 ```
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index b08ed8d..84093d0 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/googletest/CMakeLists.txt")
     "GoogleTest submodule is missing. Run `git submodule update --init --recursive tests/googletest` from the cppbessot repo root.")
 endif()
 
-add_subdirectory(googletest EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-add_subdirectory(cpp-serdes EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(googletest)
+add_subdirectory(cpp-serdes)