CMake官方常见问题解答说明:

Some build trees created with GNU autotools have a "make distclean" target that cleans the build and also removes Makefiles and other parts of the generated build system. CMake does not generate a "make distclean" target because CMakeLists.txt files can run scripts and arbitrary commands; CMake has no way of tracking exactly which files are generated as part of running CMake. Providing a distclean target would give users the false impression that it would work as expected. (CMake does generate a "make clean" target to remove files generated by the compiler and linker.) A "make distclean" target is only necessary if the user performs an in-source build. CMake supports in-source builds, but we strongly encourage users to adopt the notion of an out-of-source build. Using a build tree that is separate from the source tree will prevent CMake from generating any files in the source tree. Because CMake does not change the source tree, there is no need for a distclean target. One can start a fresh build by deleting the build tree or creating a separate build tree.

从CMake 3.24开始，存在——fresh命令行选项，每次重新构建整个构建树:

——新鲜 3.24新版功能。 执行构建树的新配置。这将删除任何 现有的CMakeCache.txt文件和关联的CMakeFiles/目录 从头开始重新创建。

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake.1.html#options

为此，我使用以下shell脚本:

#!/bin/bash

for fld in $(find -name "CMakeLists.txt" -printf '%h ')
do
    for cmakefile in CMakeCache.txt cmake_install.cmake CTestTestfile.cmake CMakeFiles Makefile
    do
        rm -rfv $fld/$cmakefile
    done
done

如果您使用的是Windows，则使用Cygwin来执行此脚本。

我用zsxwing的答案成功解决了以下问题:

我有在多个主机上构建的源代码(在Raspberry Pi Linux板上，在VMware Linux虚拟机上，等等)。

我有一个Bash脚本，根据机器的主机名创建临时目录，就像这样:

# Get hostname to use as part of directory names
HOST_NAME=`uname -n`

# Create a temporary directory for cmake files so they don't
# end up all mixed up with the source.

TMP_DIR="cmake.tmp.$HOSTNAME"

if [ ! -e $TMP_DIR ] ; then
  echo "Creating directory for cmake tmp files : $TMP_DIR"
  mkdir $TMP_DIR
else
  echo "Reusing cmake tmp dir : $TMP_DIR"
fi

# Create makefiles with CMake
#
# Note: switch to the temporary dir and build parent 
#       which is a way of making cmake tmp files stay
#       out of the way.
#
# Note 2: to clean up cmake files, it is OK to
#        "rm -rf" the temporary directories

echo
echo Creating Makefiles with cmake ...

cd $TMP_DIR

cmake ..

# Run makefile (in temporary directory)

echo
echo Starting build ...

make

当然，外部构建是Unix makefile的首选方法，但如果您使用的是其他生成器，如Eclipse CDT，它更喜欢您构建内源。在这种情况下，您需要手动清除CMake文件。试试这个:

find . -name 'CMakeCache.txt' -o -name '*.cmake' -o -name 'Makefile' -o -name 'CMakeFiles' -exec rm -rf {} +

或者，如果你已经通过shop -s globstar启用了globstar，试试这个不那么恶心的方法:

rm -rf **/CMakeCache.txt **/*.cmake **/Makefile **/CMakeFiles

也许它有点过时，但由于这是你谷歌cmake clean时的第一个热门，我将添加这个:

因为您可以使用指定的目标在生成目录中启动生成

Cmake——构建。——目标xyz

你当然可以跑

Cmake——构建。——目标清洁

在生成的构建文件中运行干净目标。