message(): Control indentation via CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT

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diff --git a/Help/command/message.rst b/Help/command/message.rst
index 5dca6b4..3002842 100644
--- a/Help/command/message.rst
+++ b/Help/command/message.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ messages one at a time on a status line and other messages in an
 interactive pop-up box.  The ``--loglevel`` command-line option to each of
 these tools can be used to control which messages will be shown.
 
+Messages of log levels ``NOTICE`` and below will also have each line preceded
+by the content of the :variable:`CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT` variable (converted to
+a single string by concatenating its list items).  For ``STATUS`` to ``TRACE``
+messages, this indenting content will be inserted after the hyphens.
+
 CMake Warning and Error message text displays using a simple markup
 language.  Non-indented text is formatted in line-wrapped paragraphs
 delimited by newlines.  Indented text is considered pre-formatted.
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
index e0ce6f7..a7079bc 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Variables that Provide Information
    /variable/CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM
    /variable/CMAKE_MATCH_COUNT
    /variable/CMAKE_MATCH_n
+   /variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT
    /variable/CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION
    /variable/CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION
    /variable/CMAKE_NETRC
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/message-indent.rst b/Help/release/dev/message-indent.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b170708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/message-indent.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+message-indent
+--------------
+
+* The :command:`message` command learned indentation control with the new
+  :variable:`CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7975ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT
+--------------------
+
+The :command:`message` command joins the strings from this list and for
+log levels of ``NOTICE`` and below, it prepends the resultant string to
+each line of the message.
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+  list(APPEND listVar one two three)
+
+  message(VERBOSE [[Collected items in the "listVar":]])
+  list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT "  ")
+
+  foreach(item IN LISTS listVar)
+    message(VERBOSE ${item})
+  endforeach()
+
+  list(POP_BACK CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT)
+  message(VERBOSE "No more indent")
+
+Which results in the following output:
+
+  -- Collected items in the "listVar":
+  --   one
+  --   two
+  --   tree
+  -- No more indent