Clarify list subcommand documentation (#8154)

Make it clear that list subcommands that modify the list
do so in the current CMake variable scope, regardless of
the original scope of the list variable involved.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmListCommand.h b/Source/cmListCommand.h
index 7f229fa..d215295 100644
--- a/Source/cmListCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmListCommand.h
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ public:
       "REMOVE_DUPLICATES will remove duplicated items in the list.\n"
       "REVERSE reverses the contents of the list in-place.\n"
       "SORT sorts the list in-place alphabetically.\n"
+      "The list subcommands APPEND, INSERT, REMOVE_AT, REMOVE_ITEM, "
+      "REMOVE_DUPLICATES, REVERSE and SORT may create new values for "
+      "the list within the current CMake variable scope. Similar to "
+      "the SET command, the LIST command creates new variable values "
+      "in the current scope, even if the list itself is actually "
+      "defined in a parent scope. To propagate the results of these "
+      "operations upwards, use SET with PARENT_SCOPE, SET with CACHE "
+      "INTERNAL, or some other means of value propagation.\n"
       "NOTES: A list in cmake is a ; separated group of strings. "
       "To create a list the set command can be used. For example, "
       "set(var a b c d e)  creates a list with a;b;c;d;e, and "