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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2019-09-05 12:30:09 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2019-09-05 12:31:49 (GMT)
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cmake: Document -E remove_directory symlink behavior
Update documentation for the change made by commit e6c9a8bac3 (cmake: Teach -E remove_directory to remove directory symlinks, 2019-08-26). Also add a release note. Issue: #19533
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@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ Available commands are:
``remove_directory <dir>...``
Remove ``<dir>`` directories and their contents. If a directory does
- not exist it will be silently ignored.
+ not exist it will be silently ignored. If ``<dir>`` is a symlink to
+ a directory, just the symlink will be removed.
``rename <oldname> <newname>``
Rename a file or directory (on one volume). If file with the ``<newname>`` name