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authorCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2023-07-18 02:01:14 (GMT)
committerCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2023-08-04 09:16:28 (GMT)
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Help: Improve formatting and cross-references for DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY
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-rw-r--r--Help/command/add_custom_command.rst6
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND_DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY.rst8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
index f1be309..9bc88d6 100644
--- a/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
+++ b/Help/command/add_custom_command.rst
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ The options are:
.. versionadded:: 3.27
- Indicate that the command's ``DEPENDS`` argument represents all files
+ Indicates that the command's ``DEPENDS`` argument represents all files
required by the command and implicit dependencies are not required.
Without this option, if any target uses the output of the custom command,
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ The options are:
Only the :ref:`Ninja Generators` actually use this information to remove
unnecessary implicit dependencies.
+ See also the :prop_tgt:`OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES` target property, which may
+ provide another way for reducing the impact of target dependencies in some
+ scenarios.
+
Examples: Generating Files
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND_DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND_DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY.rst
index 9c9bd2c..b6a6233 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND_DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND_DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY.rst
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ CMAKE_ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND_DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY
.. versionadded:: 3.27
-Whether to enable DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY option by default in
+Whether to enable the ``DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY`` option by default in
:command:`add_custom_command`.
This variable affects the default behavior of the :command:`add_custom_command`
-command. Setting this variable to ``ON`` is equivalent to using the ``DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY``
-option in all uses of that command.
+command. Setting this variable to ``ON`` is equivalent to using the
+``DEPENDS_EXPLICIT_ONLY`` option in all uses of that command.
+
+See also :variable:`CMAKE_OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES`.