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author | Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com> | 2022-03-05 06:33:18 (GMT) |
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committer | Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com> | 2022-03-05 06:33:36 (GMT) |
commit | ab1b573f4179d8b04757f1bbd0fc3bc098d69712 (patch) | |
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Help: Reorganise FILE_SETS and related properties
Reduce duplication and make the docs for target_sources() focus
on the functionality rather than the properties it modifies.
The properties are a lower level quantity, so put the relevant
details for them in the property documentation. The target_sources()
command only needs to reference the properties, not reproduce
the property documentation.
Improve the cross-referencing between the HEADER_... property
docs. This helps build the mental picture of how they relate to
each other.
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diff --git a/Help/command/target_sources.rst b/Help/command/target_sources.rst index 3f8fdd9..6ad86e3 100644 --- a/Help/command/target_sources.rst +++ b/Help/command/target_sources.rst @@ -91,73 +91,59 @@ Each ``target_sources(FILE_SET)`` entry starts with ``INTERFACE``, ``PUBLIC``, o ``FILE_SET <set>`` - A string representing the name of the file set to create or add to. This must - contain only numbers, letters, and underscores, and must not start with a - capital letter or underscore, unless its name is ``HEADERS``. + The name of the file set to create or add to. It must contain only letters, + numbers and underscores. Names starting with a capital letter are reserved + for built-in file sets predefined by CMake. The only predefined set name is + ``HEADERS``. All other set names must not start with a capital letter or + underscore. ``TYPE <type>`` - A string representing the type of the file set. The only acceptable value is - ``HEADERS``. This may be omitted if the name of the file set is ``HEADERS``. + Every file set is associated with a particular type of file. ``HEADERS`` + is currently the only defined type and it is an error to specify anything + else. As a special case, if the name of the file set is ``HEADERS``, the + type does not need to be specified and the ``TYPE <type>`` arguments can be + omitted. For all other file set names, ``TYPE`` is required. -``BASE_DIRS <dirs>`` +``BASE_DIRS <dirs>...`` - An optional list of strings representing the base directories of the file - set. This argument supports - :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`. No two - ``BASE_DIRS`` may be sub-directories of each other. If no ``BASE_DIRS`` are + An optional list of base directories of the file set. Any relative path + is treated as relative to the current source directory + (i.e. :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR`). If no ``BASE_DIRS`` are specified when the file set is first created, the value of - :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR` is added. - -``FILES <files>`` - - An optional list of strings representing files in the file set. Each file - must be in one of the ``BASE_DIRS``. This argument supports - :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`. If relative - paths are specified, they are considered relative to - :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR` at the time ``target_sources()`` is - called, unless they start with ``$<``, in which case they are computed - relative to the target's source directory after genex evaluation. - -The following target properties are set by ``target_sources(FILE_SET)``: - -:prop_tgt:`HEADER_SETS` - - List of ``PRIVATE`` and ``PUBLIC`` header sets associated with a target. - Headers listed in these header sets are treated as source files for the - purposes of IDE integration, and have their :prop_sf:`HEADER_FILE_ONLY` - property set to ``TRUE``. - -:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS` - - List of ``INTERFACE`` and ``PUBLIC`` header sets associated with a target. - Headers listed in these header sets can be installed with - :command:`install(TARGETS)` and exported with :command:`install(EXPORT)` and - :command:`export`. - -:prop_tgt:`HEADER_SET` - - Headers in the default header set associated with a target. This property - supports :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`. - -:prop_tgt:`HEADER_SET_<NAME>` - - Headers in the named header set ``<NAME>`` associated with a target. This - property supports + :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR` is added. This argument supports :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`. -:prop_tgt:`HEADER_DIRS` + No two base directories for a file set may be sub-directories of each other. + This requirement must be met across all base directories added to a file set, + not just those within a single call to ``target_sources()``. - Base directories of the default header set associated with a target. This - property supports - :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`. - -:prop_tgt:`HEADER_DIRS_<NAME>` +``FILES <files>...`` - Base directories of the header set ``<NAME>`` associated with a target. This - property supports + An optional list of files to add to the file set. Each file must be in + one of the base directories, or a subdirectory of one of the base + directories. This argument supports :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`. + If relative paths are specified, they are considered relative to + :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR` at the time ``target_sources()`` is + called. An exception to this is a path starting with ``$<``. Such paths + are treated as relative to the target's source directory after evaluation + of generator expressions. + +The following target properties are set by ``target_sources(FILE_SET)``, +but they should not generally be manipulated directly: + +* :prop_tgt:`HEADER_SETS` +* :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_HEADER_SETS` +* :prop_tgt:`HEADER_SET` +* :prop_tgt:`HEADER_SET_<NAME>` +* :prop_tgt:`HEADER_DIRS` +* :prop_tgt:`HEADER_DIRS_<NAME>` + +Target properties related to include directories are also modified by +``target_sources(FILE_SET)`` as follows: + :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES` If the ``TYPE`` is ``HEADERS``, and the scope of the file set is ``PRIVATE`` |