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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_sf/GENERATED.rst | 14 |
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diff --git a/Help/prop_sf/GENERATED.rst b/Help/prop_sf/GENERATED.rst index 5ecc86c..d68ae4b 100644 --- a/Help/prop_sf/GENERATED.rst +++ b/Help/prop_sf/GENERATED.rst @@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ GENERATED Is this source file generated as part of the build or CMake process. .. versionchanged:: 3.20 - The GENERATED source file property is now visible in all directories. + Turning on the ``GENERATED`` source file property in one directory allows + the associated source file to be used across directories without the need + to manually setting that property for other directory scopes, too. + Additionally, it may now be set only to boolean values, and may not be + turned off once turned on. See policy :policy:`CMP0118`. Tells the internal CMake engine that a source file is generated by an outside process such as another build step, or the execution of CMake itself. @@ -38,11 +42,3 @@ be shown. For the special case of sources generated by CMake's :prop_tgt:`AUTOMO :prop_gbl:`AUTORCC_SOURCE_GROUP` and :prop_gbl:`AUTOUIC_SOURCE_GROUP` target properties may influence where the generated sources are grouped in the project's file lists. - -.. note:: - - Starting with CMake 3.20 the ``GENERATED`` source file property can be set - and retrieved from any directory scope. It is an all-or-nothing property. - It also can no longer be removed or unset if it was set to ``TRUE``. Policy - :policy:`CMP0118` was introduced to allow supporting the ``OLD`` behavior - for some time. |