From 5f1df5b3890fb4ea8c9f2ba3e63fbc456ba335a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Moore <anthony.w.moore@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:17:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a default CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  (#5691) (#5692)

---
 CMakeLists.txt    | 5 +++++
 docs/CONTRIBUTORS | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 17a2fefab..24ed3117e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ project(
     LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
+# Set default build type to Release if not specified
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Build type" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 option(
     DEBUG_AND_RELEASE_AND_COVERAGE
     "Builds both the debug and release binaries, overriding CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE. Not supported under MSBuild."
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTORS b/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
index 8824b138f..fa06407a2 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Andrei Kostovski
 Andrew Miloradovsky
 Andrew Nolte
 Anthony Donlon
+Anthony Moore
 Arkadiusz Kozdra
 Arthur Rosa
 Aylon Chaim Porat