From fbdcdf3306a43ddd5c9131bd1152204e8527a3a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Burgholzer <burgholzer@me.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 12:49:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=9A=A1=20Allow=20a=20build=20target=20for=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?C++=20lint=20preparation?=
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Let callers prepare generated headers without building the default target. Keep the existing full-build behavior when no target is supplied.

Assisted-by: GPT-6 via Codex
---
 .github/workflows/reusable-cpp-linter.yml | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-cpp-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-cpp-linter.yml
index 6529b4b..af76afa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-cpp-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-cpp-linter.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ on:
         description: "Whether to build the project"
         default: false
         type: boolean
+      build-target:
+        description: "Optional CMake target to build before linting (empty builds the default target)"
+        default: ""
+        type: string
       use-sccache-gha:
         description: "Whether project builds use sccache with the GitHub Actions cache backend"
         default: true
@@ -166,7 +170,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build
         if: ${{ inputs.build-project }}
-        run: cmake --build build
+        env:
+          BUILD_TARGET: ${{ inputs.build-target }}
+        run: |
+          args=()
+          if [[ -n "$BUILD_TARGET" ]]; then
+            args+=(--target "$BUILD_TARGET")
+          fi
+          cmake --build build "${args[@]}"
 
       - name: Verify sccache use
         if: ${{ inputs.build-project && inputs.use-sccache-gha }}