set_property(TEST): Add DIRECTORY option

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Help/command/set_property.rst b/Help/command/set_property.rst
index fc43974..f14b63d 100644
--- a/Help/command/set_property.rst
+++ b/Help/command/set_property.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Set a named property in a given scope.
                           [DIRECTORY <dirs> ...]
                           [TARGET_DIRECTORY <targets> ...] |
                 INSTALL   [<file1> ...]     |
-                TEST      [<test1> ...]     |
+                TEST      [<test1> ...]
+                          [DIRECTORY <dir>] |
                 CACHE     [<entry1> ...]    >
                [APPEND] [APPEND_STRING]
                PROPERTY <name> [<value1> ...])
@@ -91,6 +92,17 @@ It must be one of the following:
   :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`
   for tests created by the :command:`add_test(NAME)` signature.
 
+  .. versionadded:: 3.28
+
+    Visibility can be set in other directory scopes using the following sub-option:
+
+    ``DIRECTORY <dir>``
+      The test property will be set in the ``<dir>`` directory's scope. CMake must
+      already know about this directory, either by having added it through a call
+      to :command:`add_subdirectory` or it being the top level source directory.
+      Relative paths are treated as relative to the current source directory.
+      ``<dir>`` may reference a binary directory.
+
 ``CACHE``
   Scope must name zero or more existing cache entries.
 
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/test-properties-directory.rst b/Help/release/dev/test-properties-directory.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7331ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/test-properties-directory.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+test-properties-directory
+-------------------------
+
+* The ``TEST`` mode of the :command:`set_property` command gained a
+  ``DIRECTORY`` sub-option, which allows you to set properties on tests in
+  other directories.