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defaultconfiguration

Specifies the default build configuration for a workspace.

defaultconfiguration ("configuration_name")

If a default configuration is not specified through this API, the first configuration in alphabetical order from configurations will be used as the default.

Parameters​

configuration_name - The name of the build configuration to use as default.

Applies To​

Workspace configurations.

Availability​

Premake 5.0.0 or later.

Examples​

workspace "MyWorkspace"
  configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
  defaultconfiguration "Release"

When combined with defaultplatform, Premake will prefer the configuration/platform pair that matches both settings.

workspace "MyWorkspace"
  configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
  platforms { "x86", "x64" }
  defaultconfiguration "Release"
  defaultplatform "x64"

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