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authorEd Branch <brance@mail.utexas.edu>2017-01-14 02:01:17 (GMT)
committerEd Branch <brance@mail.utexas.edu>2017-01-14 02:02:16 (GMT)
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add_custom_{command,target}: Add COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS option
This option allows lists generated by generator expressions to be expanded. Closes: #15935
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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Add a target with no output so it will always be built.
[WORKING_DIRECTORY dir]
[COMMENT comment]
[VERBATIM] [USES_TERMINAL]
+ [COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS]
[SOURCES src1 [src2...]])
Adds a target with the given name that executes the given commands.
@@ -88,6 +89,14 @@ The options are:
Use the :command:`add_dependencies` command to add dependencies
on other targets.
+``COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS``
+ Lists in ``COMMAND`` arguments will be expanded, including those
+ created with
+ :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`,
+ allowing ``COMMAND`` arguments such as
+ ``${CC} "-I$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:foo,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>,;-I>" foo.cc``
+ to be properly expanded.
+
``SOURCES``
Specify additional source files to be included in the custom target.
Specified source files will be added to IDE project files for