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Installation

Patternia is a header-only C++ library. There is no build system, no linking step, and no external dependency.

You can integrate Patternia into your project in any of the following ways.

You may choose to fetch Patternia as a remote dependency during configuration.

FetchContent:

include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(patternia
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/sentomk/patternia.git
  GIT_TAG main
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(patternia)

target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE patternia::patternia)

CPM.cmake:

CPMAddPackage("gh:sentomk/patternia@main")

This fits well in reproducible CI pipelines and modern CMake workflows.

2. Install and consume via find_package()

Patternia provides full CMake package export support.

Install:

cmake -B build
cmake --build build
cmake --install build --prefix /path/to/install

Use in any project:

find_package(patternia REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE patternia::patternia)

This is the recommended method for system-wide integration, packaging, and distribution.

3. Add Patternia as a Git submodule

git submodule add https://github.com/sentomk/patternia extern/patternia

Then in your CMake project:

add_subdirectory(extern/patternia)
target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE patternia::patternia)

This approach keeps Patternia version-controlled inside your repository and works well for mid- to large-scale projects.

4. Include the include/ directory directly

This is the simplest approach. Just add Patternia’s header path to your target:

target_include_directories(your_target
  PRIVATE /path/to/patternia/include
)

No configuration, no installation, immediately usable.