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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2022-03-23 13:32:05 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2022-03-23 13:32:10 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'initialize-property-name' into release-3.23
26caa97057 define_property(): Change constraints of INITIALIZE_FROM_VARIABLE Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !7103
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diff --git a/Help/command/define_property.rst b/Help/command/define_property.rst
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@@ -69,5 +69,7 @@ project via corresponding options to the :command:`get_property` command.
The ``INITIALIZE_FROM_VARIABLE`` option specifies a variable from which the
property should be initialized. It can only be used with target properties.
- The ``<variable>`` name must end with the property name, must have a prefix
- before the property name, and must not begin with ``CMAKE_`` or ``_CMAKE_``.
+ The ``<variable>`` name must end with the property name and must not begin
+ with ``CMAKE_`` or ``_CMAKE_``. The property name must contain at least one
+ underscore. It is recommended that the property name have a prefix specific
+ to the project.