# using build preset with ExternalProject\_Add

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/using-build-preset-with-externalproject-add/12902
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [November 6, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/using-build-preset-with-externalproject-add/12902 "2024-11-06T05:35:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 6

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/clausklein/32/352_2.png) [@ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ClausKlein)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/using-build-preset-with-externalproject-add/12902/6 "2024-11-06T08:51:30Z")

</div>

see too [How to configure multiple cmake projects with CMakePresets.json?](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/how-to-configure-multiple-cmake-projects-with-cmakepresets-json/12673)

Q: is your `SubProject` a **git submodule** of your `MasterProject`?

---

_[View the full topic](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/using-build-preset-with-externalproject-add/12902)._