Update GitHub Actions workflows to use CMake presets (#1223)

* Initial plan

* Update GitHub Actions to use CMake presets for compilers workflow

Co-authored-by: carsonRadtke <10507970+carsonRadtke@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: carsonRadtke <10507970+carsonRadtke@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.github/workflows/cmake/action.yml

@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
 name: Composite CMake
 inputs:
+  cmake_preset:
+    required: false
+    type: string
+    description: 'CMake preset name to use (if provided, other cmake_* inputs are ignored)'
   cmake_generator:
     required: false
     type: string
     default: 'Unix Makefiles'
   cmake_build_type:
-    required: true
+    required: false
     type: string
     default: ''
   cmake_cxx_compiler:
     required: false 
     type: string 
   gsl_cxx_standard:
-    required: true
+    required: false
     type: number
   extra_cmake_args:
     required: false
     type: string
     default: ''
   build_cmd:
-    required: true 
+    required: false 
     type: string 
     default: 'make'
   test_cmd:
@@ -35,21 +39,40 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: Create build directory
+    - name: Configure CMake (with preset)
+      if: ${{ inputs.cmake_preset != '' }}
+      run: cmake --preset ${{ inputs.cmake_preset }} -DCI_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON -Werror=dev ${{ inputs.extra_cmake_args }}
+      shell: ${{ inputs.shell }}
+
+    - name: Create build directory (without preset)
+      if: ${{ inputs.cmake_preset == '' }}
       run: mkdir build
       shell: ${{ inputs.shell }}
 
-    - name: Configure CMake
+    - name: Configure CMake (without preset)
+      if: ${{ inputs.cmake_preset == '' }}
       working-directory: build
       run: cmake -G "${{ inputs.cmake_generator }}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ inputs.cmake_build_type }} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ inputs.cmake_cxx_compiler }} -DGSL_CXX_STANDARD=${{ inputs.gsl_cxx_standard }} -DCI_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON -Werror=dev ${{ inputs.extra_cmake_args }} ..
       shell: ${{ inputs.shell }}
 
-    - name: Build
+    - name: Build (with preset)
+      if: ${{ inputs.cmake_preset != '' }}
+      run: cmake --build --preset ${{ inputs.cmake_preset }}
+      shell: ${{ inputs.shell }}
+
+    - name: Build (without preset)
+      if: ${{ inputs.cmake_preset == '' }}
       working-directory: build
       run: ${{ inputs.build_cmd }}
       shell: ${{ inputs.shell }}
 
-    - name: Test
+    - name: Test (with preset)
+      if: ${{ inputs.cmake_preset != '' }}
+      run: ctest --preset ${{ inputs.cmake_preset }} --output-on-failure --no-compress-output
+      shell: ${{ inputs.shell }}
+
+    - name: Test (without preset)
+      if: ${{ inputs.cmake_preset == '' }}
       working-directory: build
       run: ${{ inputs.test_cmd }}
       shell: ${{ inputs.shell }} 

.github/workflows/compilers.yml

@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run CMake (configure, build, test)
         uses: ./.github/workflows/cmake
         with:
-          cmake_build_type: ${{ matrix.build_type }}
-          cmake_cxx_compiler: g++-${{ matrix.gcc_version }}
-          gsl_cxx_standard: ${{ matrix.cxx_version }}
+          cmake_preset: gcc-${{ matrix.cxx_version }}-${{ matrix.build_type == 'Debug' && 'debug' || 'release' }}
 
   clang:
     strategy:
@@ -58,9 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run CMake (configure, build, test)
         uses: ./.github/workflows/cmake
         with:
-          cmake_build_type: ${{ matrix.build_type }}
-          cmake_cxx_compiler: clang++-${{ matrix.clang_version }}
-          gsl_cxx_standard: ${{ matrix.cxx_version }}
+          cmake_preset: clang-${{ matrix.cxx_version }}-${{ matrix.build_type == 'Debug' && 'debug' || 'release' }}
 
   xcode:
     strategy:
@@ -78,9 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run CMake (configure, build, test)
         uses: ./.github/workflows/cmake
         with:
-          cmake_build_type: ${{ matrix.build_type }}
-          cmake_cxx_compiler: clang++
-          gsl_cxx_standard: ${{ matrix.cxx_version }}
+          cmake_preset: clang-${{ matrix.cxx_version }}-${{ matrix.build_type == 'Debug' && 'debug' || 'release' }}
           extra_cmake_args: '-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-isysroot \"$(xcode-select --print-path)/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk\""'
 
   VisualStudio:
@@ -99,11 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run CMake (configure, build, test)
         uses: ./.github/workflows/cmake
         with:
-          cmake_generator: ${{ matrix.generator }}
-          cmake_build_type: ${{ matrix.build_type }}
-          gsl_cxx_standard: ${{ matrix.cxx_version }}
+          cmake_preset: msvc-${{ matrix.cxx_version }}-${{ matrix.build_type == 'Debug' && 'debug' || 'release' }}
           extra_cmake_args: ${{ matrix.extra_args }}
-          build_cmd: msbuild GSL.sln
-          test_cmd: ctest . --output-on-failure --no-compress-output
           shell: pwsh