Merge topic 'vs_targets_file_as_library'

883bd34a VS: Treat libraries ending in `.targets` as msbuild imports

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst b/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst
index 90b6575..30d69f2 100644
--- a/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst
+++ b/Help/command/target_link_libraries.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ Each ``<item>`` may be:
   :ref:`usage requirement <Target Usage Requirements>`.  This has the same
   effect as passing the framework directory as an include directory.
 
+  On :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2010 and above, library files
+  ending in ``.targets`` will be treated as MSBuild targets files and
+  imported into generated project files.  This is not supported by other
+  generators.
+
 * **A plain library name**: The generated link line will ask the linker
   to search for the library (e.g. ``foo`` becomes ``-lfoo`` or ``foo.lib``).
 
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/vs_targets_file_as_library.rst b/Help/release/dev/vs_targets_file_as_library.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c923fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/vs_targets_file_as_library.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+vs_targets_file_as_library
+--------------------------
+
+* :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` learned to treat files passed to
+  :command:`target_link_libraries` whose names end in ``.targets``
+  as MSBuild targets files to be imported into generated project files.