set binary as default target kind

4 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/xmake/core/project/target.lua b/xmake/core/project/target.lua
index 67e7e31f3..38d207656 100644
--- a/xmake/core/project/target.lua
+++ b/xmake/core/project/target.lua
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ end
 
 -- get the target kind
 function _instance:kind()
-    return self:get("kind") or "phony"
+    return self:get("kind") or "binary"
 end
 
 -- get the target kind (deprecated)
diff --git a/xmake/modules/core/tools/link.lua b/xmake/modules/core/tools/link.lua
index 9ee2dd7f2..e7e1596f5 100644
--- a/xmake/modules/core/tools/link.lua
+++ b/xmake/modules/core/tools/link.lua
@@ -77,12 +77,15 @@ function nf_symbol(self, level, target)
 
     -- debug? generate *.pdb file
     local flags = nil
-    local targetkind = target:get("kind")
-    if level == "debug" and (targetkind == "binary" or targetkind == "shared") then
-        if target and target.symbolfile then
-            flags = {"-debug", "-pdb:" .. target:symbolfile()}
-        else
-            flags = "-debug"
+    if target then
+        if target:type() == "target" then
+            if level == "debug" and (target:is_binary() or target:is_shared()) then
+                flags = {"-debug", "-pdb:" .. target:symbolfile()}
+            end
+        else -- for option
+            if level == "debug" then
+                flags = "-debug"
+            end
         end
     end
     return flags
diff --git a/xmake/modules/private/utils/complete_helper.lua b/xmake/modules/private/utils/complete_helper.lua
index 89b542d30..386f50194 100644
--- a/xmake/modules/private/utils/complete_helper.lua
+++ b/xmake/modules/private/utils/complete_helper.lua
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function runable_targets()
             local targets = project.targets()
             local runable = {}
             for k, v in pairs(targets) do
-                if v:script("run") or v:get("kind") == "binary" then
+                if v:script("run") or v:is_binary() then
                     table.insert(runable, k)
                 end
             end
diff --git a/xmake/plugins/project/vsxmake/getinfo.lua b/xmake/plugins/project/vsxmake/getinfo.lua
index 0c96a70ad..407e4cbe4 100644
--- a/xmake/plugins/project/vsxmake/getinfo.lua
+++ b/xmake/plugins/project/vsxmake/getinfo.lua
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function _make_targetinfo(mode, arch, target)
     -- use target:get("xxx") rather than target:xxx()
 
     -- save target kind
-    targetinfo.kind          = target:get("kind")
+    targetinfo.kind          = target:kind()
 
     -- is default?
     targetinfo.default       = tostring(target:is_default())