CMake not linking static libraries properly when using LLVM on Windows - c++

I am using Windows 10 and CMake to build my project (using MinGW Makefiles as the generator), while choosing Clang/Clang++ (LLVM) as my compiler due to my Language Server Protocol also being for Clang.
However, when trying to link a static library I had created to my main executable, none of the definitions in the translation units were able to be resolved.
For a simple recreation:
File system
+ root/
+ main.cpp
+ foobar.cpp
+ foobar.hpp
+ CMakeLists.txt
// main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "foobar.hpp"
int main( int argc, char** argv ) {
foo();
std::cin.get();
return 0;
}
// foobar.cpp
#include "foobar.hpp"
void foo() {
std::cout << "bar" << std::endl;
}
// foobar.hpp
#pragma once
#ifndef FOOBAR_HEADER_H
#define FOOBAR_HEADER_H
#include <iostream>
void foo();
#endif
# CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
project(linker_fail
VERSION 1.0.0
LANGUAGES C CXX)
set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
add_library(foobar
foobar.cpp
foobar.hpp)
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
foobar)
Then for building:
root> cmake -S . -B bin -G "MinGW Makefiles"
root> cmake --build bin
lld-link: error: undefined symbol: void __cdecl foo(void)
Does anyone know how to fix this? Should I have passed some arguments to the compiler/linker? Or does Clang just not allow static linking?

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struct Config
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const char* name;
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