CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE

Hello,

I have an existing cmake and Jetbrains has a problem because I will add some new executables and cxx_test as well.

For example. When developing I would use:

cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG

Then in my CMakeLists.txt I have

set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -std=c++11")
if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "RELEASE")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2")
elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "DEBUG")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -O0 -g")
     add_subdirectory(examples)
     enable_testing()
     ... add unit tests here
endif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "RELEASE")

So I was confused, in CLion "Edit Configurations" I have the build mode on "DEBUG", but it is not setting the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPES.

So I'm wondering if I should be changing my CMakeLists.txt structure to use CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_<configuration> instead? I notice in the IDE, theres a CMakeCache, which I could just override these with the values I want in the configuration mode?

Basically I'm open to tweaking my CMakeLists.txt to play nicely with CLion and follow better standards, so should I throw away using the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPES?