Method to add extra west build and CMake arguments

[rpiper]

Would it be possible to add some new "buildConfigs" options that allow passing optional extra arguments both to west build and extra CMake arguments off the end, i.e. west build ... -- -DEXTRA_ARG=1 ?

I understand these are not commonly used, so they could probably be available to edit in the config.json only, and not the UI.

The use case for the extra argument to west build would be to add the --sysbuild argument if using sysbuild to build a multi-image build, which is often used when building with the MCUboot bootloader.

There are many possible extra CMake arguments, but a common one that might be used for a release build would be to set -DNDEBUG=1

as in

west build ... -- -DNDEBUG=1

I'm happy to help test any possible solution that allows adding these extra arguments to the buildConfig.

[rijesha]

Yes. This should be doable. Ill put it on the todo list.

[hongshui3000]

It would be more convenient if CMakePresets.json could be supported like nrf connect for vscode. I saw that nRF Connect for VS Code processes this information from two files, sample.yaml or CMakePresets.json.