CMake File On SSH Server

Hi folks, a bit new to working on Clion with an SSH server and needed some help! 

I have an SSH server which has a bunch of C code hosted on it but for some reason the cmake file isn't initialised correctly. Because of that the code doesn't execute when I try to run it. When I created an empty Cmake file and tried to get it to regenerate, I got the following error -

```CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
 No project() command is present.  The top-level CMakeLists.txt file must
 contain a literal, direct call to the project() command.  Add a line of
 code such as

   project(ProjectName)

 near the top of the file, but after cmake_minimum_required().

 CMake is pretending there is a "project(Project)" command on the first
 line.
This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
 cmake_minimum_required() should be called prior to this top-level project()
 call.  Please see the cmake-commands(7) manual for usage documentation of
 both commands.
This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

-- Configuring done (0.0s)
-- Generating done (0.0s)
-- Build files have been written to: /<dir> (I've intentionally removed this)

[Finished]

```

I know this is a relatively basic question but how do I just simply generate a new cmake file from scratch. The way I'd do this if it wasn't on SSH would be File > New > Project but that isn't an option here.

Thanks a ton