Do not build project twice if project is an executable

and running 'sibs test'

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 24ef61f..2223b56 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ int buildProject(const FileString &projectPath, const FileString &projectConfFil
 {
     FileString buildPath;
     readSibsConfig(projectPath, projectConfFilePath, sibsConfig, buildPath);
+    // Test project has the main project as dependency, and therefore the main project can't be built as an executable
+    if(sibsConfig.shouldBuildTests())
+    {
+        // HACK: We can build a package that is defined as executable and contains main function by redefining `main` as something else.
+        // TODO: Do not allow defining `main` in project.conf or as program argument to sibs.
+        // It's ok if `define` fails. It could fail if `main` has already been replaced by other tests somehow.
+        sibsConfig.define("main", "sibs_lib_ignore_main");
+        sibsConfig.define("wmain", "sibs_lib_ignore_wmain");
+        sibsConfig.setPackageType(PackageType::DYNAMIC);
+    }
 
     auto startTime = high_resolution_clock::now();
     if(sibsConfig.shouldUseCmake())