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diff --git a/Help/command/target_sources.rst b/Help/command/target_sources.rst index 856d869..653b8d7 100644 --- a/Help/command/target_sources.rst +++ b/Help/command/target_sources.rst @@ -11,19 +11,21 @@ Add sources to a target. <INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items1...] [<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items2...] ...]) -Specifies sources to use when compiling a given target. Relative -source file paths are interpreted as being relative to the current +Specifies sources to use when building a target and/or its dependents. +Relative source file paths are interpreted as being relative to the current source directory (i.e. :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR`). The named ``<target>`` must have been created by a command such as :command:`add_executable` or :command:`add_library` and must not be an :ref:`ALIAS target <Alias Targets>`. The ``INTERFACE``, ``PUBLIC`` and ``PRIVATE`` keywords are required to -specify the scope of the following arguments. ``PRIVATE`` and ``PUBLIC`` +specify the scope of the items following them. ``PRIVATE`` and ``PUBLIC`` items will populate the :prop_tgt:`SOURCES` property of -``<target>``. ``PUBLIC`` and ``INTERFACE`` items will populate the -:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_SOURCES` property of ``<target>``. -(:ref:`IMPORTED targets <Imported Targets>` only support ``INTERFACE`` items.) +``<target>``, which are used when building the target itself. +``PUBLIC`` and ``INTERFACE`` items will populate the +:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_SOURCES` property of ``<target>``, which are used +when building dependents. (:ref:`IMPORTED targets <Imported Targets>` +only support ``INTERFACE`` items because they are not build targets.) The following arguments specify sources. Repeated calls for the same ``<target>`` append items in the order called. |