From 13875e7f20e9d681a201a081e079966a899d4605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TermeHansen <termopeten@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 22:50:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] only build examples if defined

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c1c01f0..038bbf7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -167,8 +167,12 @@ else()
     # Apply host configuration
     sendspin_configure_host(sendspin ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
-    # Examples
-    add_subdirectory(examples/basic_client)
-    add_subdirectory(examples/tui_client)
+    # Examples (only build if explicitly requested)
+    if(NOT DEFINED BUILD_EXAMPLES OR BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+        add_subdirectory(examples/basic_client)
+        add_subdirectory(examples/tui_client)
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Skipping sendspin-cpp examples (BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF)")
+    endif()
 
 endif()