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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+
+# Always include srcdir and builddir in include path
+# This saves typing ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY} in
+# about every subdir
+# since cmake 2.4.0
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+
+# Put the include dirs which are in the source or build tree
+# before all other include dirs, so the headers in the sources
+# are prefered over the already installed ones
+# since cmake 2.4.1
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES_PROJECT_BEFORE ON)
+
+# Use colored output
+# since cmake 2.4.0
+set(CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE ON)
+
+# Define the generic version of the libraries here
+set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION "0.1.0")
+set(GENERIC_LIB_SOVERSION "0")
+
+# Set the default build type to release with debug info
+if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo
+    CACHE STRING
+      "Choose the type of build, options are: None Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel."
+  )
+endif (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+
+# Create the compile command database for clang by default
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
+
+# Put the libraries and binaries that get built into directories at the
+# top of the build tree rather than in hard-to-find leaf
+# directories. This simplifies manual testing and the use of the build
+# tree rather than installed thrift libraries.
+set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)