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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2014-12-01 13:57:32 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2014-12-01 13:57:32 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-installed-file-property'
89bb34d3 Help: Add 3.1 release notes for INSTALL property scope 07254a81 Help: Document installed file property API a1aceb25 Help: Format set_property and get_property command docs
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-rw-r--r--Help/command/get_property.rst42
-rw-r--r--Help/command/set_property.rst49
-rw-r--r--Help/release/3.1.0.rst6
3 files changed, 69 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/get_property.rst b/Help/command/get_property.rst
index c2937be..632ece6 100644
--- a/Help/command/get_property.rst
+++ b/Help/command/get_property.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Get a property.
DIRECTORY [dir] |
TARGET <target> |
SOURCE <source> |
+ INSTALL <file> |
TEST <test> |
CACHE <entry> |
VARIABLE>
@@ -21,29 +22,40 @@ specifies the variable in which to store the result. The second
argument determines the scope from which to get the property. It must
be one of the following:
-GLOBAL scope is unique and does not accept a name.
+``GLOBAL``
+ Scope is unique and does not accept a name.
-DIRECTORY scope defaults to the current directory but another
-directory (already processed by CMake) may be named by full or
-relative path.
+``DIRECTORY``
+ Scope defaults to the current directory but another
+ directory (already processed by CMake) may be named by full or
+ relative path.
-TARGET scope must name one existing target.
+``TARGET``
+ Scope must name one existing target.
-SOURCE scope must name one source file.
+``SOURCE``
+ Scope must name one source file.
-TEST scope must name one existing test.
+``INSTALL``
+ Scope must name one installed file path.
-CACHE scope must name one cache entry.
+``TEST``
+ Scope must name one existing test.
-VARIABLE scope is unique and does not accept a name.
+``CACHE``
+ Scope must name one cache entry.
-The required PROPERTY option is immediately followed by the name of
+``VARIABLE``
+ Scope is unique and does not accept a name.
+
+The required ``PROPERTY`` option is immediately followed by the name of
the property to get. If the property is not set an empty value is
-returned. If the SET option is given the variable is set to a boolean
-value indicating whether the property has been set. If the DEFINED
+returned. If the ``SET`` option is given the variable is set to a boolean
+value indicating whether the property has been set. If the ``DEFINED``
option is given the variable is set to a boolean value indicating
-whether the property has been defined such as with define_property.
-If BRIEF_DOCS or FULL_DOCS is given then the variable is set to a
+whether the property has been defined such as with the
+:command:`define_property` command.
+If ``BRIEF_DOCS`` or ``FULL_DOCS`` is given then the variable is set to a
string containing documentation for the requested property. If
documentation is requested for a property that has not been defined
-NOTFOUND is returned.
+``NOTFOUND`` is returned.
diff --git a/Help/command/set_property.rst b/Help/command/set_property.rst
index 8cb963e..6200230 100644
--- a/Help/command/set_property.rst
+++ b/Help/command/set_property.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Set a named property in a given scope.
DIRECTORY [dir] |
TARGET [target1 [target2 ...]] |
SOURCE [src1 [src2 ...]] |
+ INSTALL [file1 [file2 ...]] |
TEST [test1 [test2 ...]] |
CACHE [entry1 [entry2 ...]]>
[APPEND] [APPEND_STRING]
@@ -18,26 +19,48 @@ Set one property on zero or more objects of a scope. The first
argument determines the scope in which the property is set. It must
be one of the following:
-GLOBAL scope is unique and does not accept a name.
+``GLOBAL``
+ Scope is unique and does not accept a name.
-DIRECTORY scope defaults to the current directory but another
-directory (already processed by CMake) may be named by full or
-relative path.
+``DIRECTORY``
+ Scope defaults to the current directory but another
+ directory (already processed by CMake) may be named by full or
+ relative path.
-TARGET scope may name zero or more existing targets.
+``TARGET``
+ Scope may name zero or more existing targets.
-SOURCE scope may name zero or more source files. Note that source
-file properties are visible only to targets added in the same
-directory (CMakeLists.txt).
+``SOURCE``
+ Scope may name zero or more source files. Note that source
+ file properties are visible only to targets added in the same
+ directory (CMakeLists.txt).
-TEST scope may name zero or more existing tests.
+``INSTALL``
+ Scope may name zero or more installed file paths.
+ These are made available to CPack to influence deployment.
-CACHE scope must name zero or more cache existing entries.
+ Both the property key and value may use generator expressions.
+ Specific properties may apply to installed files and/or directories.
-The required PROPERTY option is immediately followed by the name of
+ Path components have to be separated by forward slashes,
+ must be normalized and are case sensitive.
+
+ To reference the installation prefix itself with a relative path use ".".
+
+ Currently installed file properties are only defined for
+ the WIX generator where the given paths are relative
+ to the installation prefix.
+
+``TEST``
+ Scope may name zero or more existing tests.
+
+``CACHE``
+ Scope must name zero or more cache existing entries.
+
+The required ``PROPERTY`` option is immediately followed by the name of
the property to set. Remaining arguments are used to compose the
property value in the form of a semicolon-separated list. If the
-APPEND option is given the list is appended to any existing property
-value.If the APPEND_STRING option is given the string is append to any
+``APPEND`` option is given the list is appended to any existing property
+value. If the ``APPEND_STRING`` option is given the string is append to any
existing property value as string, i.e. it results in a longer string
and not a list of strings.
diff --git a/Help/release/3.1.0.rst b/Help/release/3.1.0.rst
index 101c29d..d6921c4 100644
--- a/Help/release/3.1.0.rst
+++ b/Help/release/3.1.0.rst
@@ -69,9 +69,15 @@ Commands
:variable:`CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY`
variables to skip searching the package registries.
+* The :command:`get_property` command learned a new ``INSTALL`` scope
+ for properties.
+
* The :command:`install` command learned a ``MESSAGE_NEVER`` option
to avoid output during installation.
+* The :command:`set_property` command learned a new ``INSTALL`` scope
+ for properties.
+
* The :command:`string` command learned a new ``GENEX_STRIP`` subcommand
which removes
:manual:`generator expression <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.