Let us dive into a detailed explanation of the CMake infrastructure needed:

1. The top-level CMakeLists.txt is very similar to Recipe 1, Code reuse with functions and macros:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
  
project(recipe-07 LANGUAGES CXX)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)

include(GNUInstallDirs)
set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})

# defines targets and sources
add_subdirectory(src)

# contains an "external" library we will link to
add_subdirectory(external)

# enable testing and define tests
enable_testing()
add_subdirectory(tests)

2. Targets and sources are defined in src/CMakeLists.txt (except the conversion target):

add_executable(automata main.cpp)
  
add_subdirectory(evolution)
add_subdirectory(initial)
add_subdirectory(io)
add_subdirectory(parser)

target_link_libraries(automata
  PRIVATE
    conversion
    evolution
    initial
    io
    parser
  )

3. The conversion library is defined in external/CMakeLists.txt:

add_library(conversion "")

target_sources(conversion
  PRIVATE
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/conversion.cpp
  PUBLIC
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/conversion.hpp
  )

target_include_directories(conversion
  PUBLIC
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
  )

4. The src/CMakeLists.txt file adds further subdirectories, which in turn contain CMakeLists.txt files. They are all similar in structure; src/evolution/CMakeLists.txt contains the following:

add_library(evolution "")

target_sources(evolution
  PRIVATE
    evolution.cpp
  PUBLIC
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/evolution.hpp
  )
target_include_directories(evolution
  PUBLIC
    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
  )

5. The unit tests are registered in tests/CMakeLists.txt:

add_executable(cpp_test test.cpp)

target_link_libraries(cpp_test evolution)

add_test(
  NAME
    test_evolution
  COMMAND
    $<TARGET_FILE:cpp_test>
  )

6. Configuring and building the project yields the following output:

$ mkdir -p build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ cmake --build .

Scanning dependencies of target conversion
[ 7%] Building CXX object external/CMakeFiles/conversion.dir/conversion.cpp.o
[ 14%] Linking CXX static library ../lib64/libconversion.a
[ 14%] Built target conversion
Scanning dependencies of target evolution
[ 21%] Building CXX object src/evolution/CMakeFiles/evolution.dir/evolution.cpp.o
[ 28%] Linking CXX static library ../../lib64/libevolution.a
[ 28%] Built target evolution
Scanning dependencies of target initial
[ 35%] Building CXX object src/initial/CMakeFiles/initial.dir/initial.cpp.o
[ 42%] Linking CXX static library ../../lib64/libinitial.a
[ 42%] Built target initial
Scanning dependencies of target io
[ 50%] Building CXX object src/io/CMakeFiles/io.dir/io.cpp.o
[ 57%] Linking CXX static library ../../lib64/libio.a
[ 57%] Built target io
Scanning dependencies of target parser
[ 64%] Building CXX object src/parser/CMakeFiles/parser.dir/parser.cpp.o
[ 71%] Linking CXX static library ../../lib64/libparser.a
[ 71%] Built target parser
Scanning dependencies of target automata
[ 78%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/automata.dir/main.cpp.o
[ 85%] Linking CXX executable ../bin/automata
[ 85%] Built target automata
Scanning dependencies of target cpp_test
[ 92%] Building CXX object tests/CMakeFiles/cpp_test.dir/test.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX executable ../bin/cpp_test
[100%] Built target cpp_test

7. Finally, we run the unit tests:

$ ctest

Running tests...
    Start 1: test_evolution

1/1 Test #1: test_evolution ................... Passed 0.00 sec

100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 1