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Expand Up @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ you can run `vcpkg help`, or `vcpkg help [command]` for command-specific help.
- [Vcpkg with Visual Studio CMake Projects](#vcpkg-with-visual-studio-cmake-projects)
- [Vcpkg with CLion](#vcpkg-with-clion)
- [Vcpkg as a Submodule](#vcpkg-as-a-submodule)
- [Vcpkg via FetchContent](#vcpkg-via-FetchContent)
- [Tab-Completion/Auto-Completion](#tab-completionauto-completion)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
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by passing the `CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` directly,
but it will make the configure-build step slightly easier.

### Vcpkg via FetchContent

You can also grab vcpkg with CMake's built-in [FetchContent](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.24/module/FetchContent.html) module.

Don't worry about the bootstrap scripts, since `vcpkg.cmake` will run them for you!

```
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)

include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(vcpkg
GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/
GIT_TAG 2022.09.27
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(vcpkg)

# NOTE: This must be defined before the first project call
set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${vcpkg_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE FILEPATH "")

project(FOOBAR LANGUAGES "CXX")
```

[getting-started:using-a-package]: docs/examples/installing-and-using-packages.md
[getting-started:integration]: docs/users/buildsystems/integration.md
[getting-started:git]: https://git-scm.com/downloads
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