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@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ target_sources
Add sources to a target.
-::
+.. code-block:: cmake
target_sources(<target>
<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items1...]
[<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [items2...] ...])
-Specify sources to use when compiling a given target. The
+Specifies sources to use when compiling a given target. 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>`.
@@ -27,3 +29,6 @@ Arguments to ``target_sources`` may use "generator expressions"
with the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`
manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`
manual for more on defining buildsystem properties.
+
+See also the :policy:`CMP0076` policy for older behavior related to the
+handling of relative source file paths.