limit the generation of compile_commands.json to Unix Makefiles and N…

…inja generators only

	modified:   CMakeLists.txt

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
 project(ImpactX VERSION 23.06)
 
 # generate compile_commands.json
-if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
-    set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
-    # and place it in the source directory https://stackoverflow.com/a/60910583
-    add_custom_target(
-      copy-compile-commands ALL
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} STREQUAL "Unix Makefiles" OR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} STREQUAL
+                                                   "Ninja")
+  if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR)
+      set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
+      # and place it in the source directory https://stackoverflow.com/a/60910583
+      add_custom_target(
+        copy-compile-commands ALL
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 include(${ImpactX_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ImpactXFunctions.cmake)