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@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ The options are:
.. versionadded:: 3.7
Specify a ``.d`` depfile for the :generator:`Ninja` generator and
- :ref:`Makefile Generators`.
+ :ref:`Makefile Generators`. The depfile may use "generator expressions" with
+ the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`generator-expressions(7)
+ <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>` manual for available expressions.
A ``.d`` file holds dependencies usually emitted by the custom
command itself.
Using ``DEPFILE`` with other generators than :generator:`Ninja` or
@@ -281,6 +283,9 @@ The options are:
.. versionadded:: 3.20
Added the support of :ref:`Makefile Generators`.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.21
+ Added the support of :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`.
+
If the ``DEPFILE`` argument is relative, it should be relative to
:variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR`, and any relative paths inside the
``DEPFILE`` should also be relative to :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR`