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| author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2020-06-03 10:12:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2020-06-03 10:12:31 (GMT) |
| commit | 85a9f056a12582028123e88c4c9985ab2bf1220a (patch) | |
| tree | ddcc05a3ec76fc2f084dc0a22f012b471509d91d /Help/command/add_library.rst | |
| parent | 007109b20f8ef07cc8d473bf7bc3b97d4c3cd2b4 (diff) | |
| parent | 056489d567b657bd1ebeae8bf78f4937f900b2e0 (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'imported-local-target-alias'
056489d567 add_library/add_executable: allow local alias to imported targets
254f2b9058 Help: add_executable: Add TOC
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !4837
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/add_library.rst b/Help/command/add_library.rst index 7274e44..01c415a 100644 --- a/Help/command/add_library.rst +++ b/Help/command/add_library.rst @@ -139,8 +139,13 @@ Alias Libraries 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``. +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 linkable targets and as targets to read properties from. They can also be tested for existence with the regular :command:`if(TARGET)` subcommand. The ``<name>`` may not be used |