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authorRobert Maynard <rmaynard@nvidia.com>2022-06-30 19:24:09 (GMT)
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Help: Document $<TARGET_FILE> dependency behavior
Fixes: #23686
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@@ -1044,6 +1044,10 @@ which is just the string ``tgt``.
Full path to the ``tgt`` binary file.
+ Note that ``tgt`` is not added as a dependency of the target this
+ expression is evaluated on, unless the expression is being used in
+ :command:`add_custom_command` or :command:`add_custom_target`.
+
.. genex:: $<TARGET_FILE_BASE_NAME:tgt>
.. versionadded:: 3.15