CLion with Qt automoc files generated in project

Question

I have got following problem:

using CLion with Qt for programming I have some problems with autogenerated automoc files (all *automoc.cpp files annoyingly appear in my project view).

The way I configured CMake to use Qt is as follows:

invoke CONFIGURE_QT5() macro, which code is:

macro(CONFIGURE_QT5)
    set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)         
    set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
    set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} ";" ${QT5_PACKAGE_DIR})

    find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
endmacro()

link libraries:

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} Qt5::Widgets)

After each build there are automoc files generated for each CMake project for my build, which appear on top of my Project View in CLion (note: I cannot find those files in the directory in simple explorer).

Any advice on how to get rid of them from the project view? Or maybe how to do it the hard way - delete them after build is finished?

You need to have a plugin for CLion that will filter these files out of the project. That's if CLion doesn't already offer such functionality - I don't think it does, but I could be wrong here. Whether such a plugin exists or not I don't know. — Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica
It's really annoying feature. Clion is to support Qt's make scripts in future versions, so then it will probably also filter those out. Though thanks for response :) — DawidPi

Wippo Wippo · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-19T11:45:15

automoc file is generated when the compiler sees a Q_OBJECT macro in a header file: it (or them) tells that the object can use signals and slots or other interactive features. If you delete it, it will be re-create the next time you click "run my project".

CLion with Qt automoc files generated in project

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