# BEGINNER: command line option is not working on deps \[SOLVED\]
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/beginner-command-line-option-is-not-working-on-deps-solved/12844
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [October 26, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/beginner-command-line-option-is-not-working-on-deps-solved/12844 "2024-10-26T11:45:02Z")
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### Author:  [@bugblatterbeast](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/bugblatterbeast)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/beginner-command-line-option-is-not-working-on-deps-solved/12844/1 "2024-10-26T11:45:02Z")
I have a very large project with modules that each have their own repository. The projects are using FetchContent like this:
```auto
FetchContent_Declare(
ModuleA
GIT_REPOSITORY git@URL:ModuleA.git
GIT_TAG HEAD
GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(ModuleA)
```
The main CMake configuration as well as the configuration of the modules are using this way to switch on/off the creation of unit tests.
```auto
option(BUILD_TESTS "Build unit tests" ON)
if(BUILD_TESTS)
enable_testing()
...
endif(BUILD_TESTS)
```
When creating the project like this: `cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF ... PROJECT_PATH`, the tests for the main project are deactivated as expected, but the tests for all the modules are still created.
How can I configure my project in a way, that calling cmake with a command line option will switch of the creation of the unit tests for the modules as well?
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### Author:  [@bugblatterbeast](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/bugblatterbeast)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/beginner-command-line-option-is-not-working-on-deps-solved/12844/2 "2024-10-26T12:45:33Z")
Sorry, my mistake. It is working on the \_deps!
It just wasn’t enough to delete only the cache and the other created files in the main directory and expect the \_deps to reconfigure. After deleting the \_deps folder and having it recreated, it worked as expected.