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@@ -2,15 +2,27 @@ source_group
------------
Define a grouping for source files in IDE project generation.
+There are two different signatures to create source groups.
-.. code-block:: cmake
+::
source_group(<name> [FILES <src>...] [REGULAR_EXPRESSION <regex>])
+ source_group(TREE <root> [PREFIX <prefix>] [FILES <src>...])
Defines a group into which sources will be placed in project files.
This is intended to set up file tabs in Visual Studio.
The options are:
+``TREE``
+ CMake will automatically detect, from ``<src>`` files paths, source groups
+ it needs to create, to keep structure of source groups analogically to the
+ actual files and directories structure in the project. Paths of ``<src>``
+ files will be cut to be relative to ``<root>``.
+
+``PREFIX``
+ Source group and files located directly in ``<root>`` path, will be placed
+ in ``<prefix>`` source groups.
+
``FILES``
Any source file specified explicitly will be placed in group
``<name>``. Relative paths are interpreted with respect to the
@@ -25,11 +37,13 @@ explicitly lists the file with ``FILES`` will be favored, if any.
If no group explicitly lists the file, the *last* group whose
regular expression matches the file will be favored.
-The ``<name>`` of the group may contain backslashes to specify subgroups:
+The ``<name>`` of the group and ``<prefix>`` argument may contain backslashes
+to specify subgroups:
.. code-block:: cmake
source_group(outer\\inner ...)
+ source_group(TREE <root> PREFIX sources\\inc ...)
For backwards compatibility, the short-hand signature