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| author | Marc Chevrier <marc.chevrier@gmail.com> | 2020-05-28 11:51:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Marc Chevrier <marc.chevrier@gmail.com> | 2020-06-02 15:11:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 056489d567b657bd1ebeae8bf78f4937f900b2e0 (patch) | |
| tree | d3800c8fdf726c1e04cf73e463b68861efe6abd3 /Help/command/add_executable.rst | |
| parent | 254f2b9058f814e952ef0178e13b3f98e8d216a1 (diff) | |
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add_library/add_executable: allow local alias to imported targets
Fixes: #20641
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/add_executable.rst b/Help/command/add_executable.rst index d8f1d54..e073228 100644 --- a/Help/command/add_executable.rst +++ b/Help/command/add_executable.rst @@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ Alias Executables Creates an :ref:`Alias Target <Alias Targets>`, such that ``<name>`` can be used to refer to ``<target>`` in subsequent commands. The ``<name>`` does not appear in the generated buildsystem as a make target. The -``<target>`` may not be a non-``GLOBAL`` -:ref:`Imported Target <Imported Targets>` or an ``ALIAS``. +``<target>`` may not be an ``ALIAS``. + +An ``ALIAS`` to a non-``GLOBAL`` :ref:`Imported Target <Imported Targets>` +has scope in the directory in which the alias is created and below. +The :prop_tgt:`ALIAS_GLOBAL` target property can be used to check if the +alias is global or not. + ``ALIAS`` targets can be used as targets to read properties from, executables for custom commands and custom targets. They can also be tested for existence with the regular :command:`if(TARGET)` subcommand. |