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+CMake 3.26 Release Notes
+************************
+
+.. only:: html
+
+  .. contents::
+
+Changes made since CMake 3.25 include the following.
+
+* The :genex:`BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE` generator expression was added to
+  prevent usage requirements from being exported to dependent projects.
+
+* A new :prop_tgt:`<LANG>_CLANG_TIDY_EXPORT_FIXES_DIR` target property was
+  created to allow the ``clang-tidy`` tool to export its suggested fixes to a
+  set of ``.yaml`` files. A new
+  :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_CLANG_TIDY_EXPORT_FIXES_DIR` variable was created to
+  initialize this property.
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E`` option learned a new ``copy_directory_if_different`` command.
+
+* The :option:`cmake -E copy <cmake-E copy>` argument now supports a ``-t`` argument.
+
+* The :prop_tgt:`EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS` target property will now have the
+  ``output`` field in the compile commands objects. This allows multi-config
+  generators (namely :generator:`Ninja Multi-Config` generator) to contain the
+  compile commands for all configurations.
+
+* For all ``COMPILE_DEFINITIONS`` properties, any leading ``-D`` on an item
+  will be removed regardless how to was defined: as is or inside a generator
+  expression.
+
+* CMake now writes a YAML log of configure-time checks.
+  See the :manual:`cmake-configure-log(7)` manual.
+
+* The :manual:`cmake-file-api(7)` gained a new "configureLog" object kind
+  that enables stable access to the :manual:`cmake-configure-log(7)`.
+
+* The :command:`message` command gained a ``CONFIGURE_LOG`` mode to
+  record an entry in the :manual:`cmake-configure-log(7)`.
+
+* The :command:`try_compile` and :command:`try_run` commands gained
+  a ``LOG_DESCRIPTION`` option specifying text to be recorded in the
+  :manual:`cmake-configure-log(7)`.
+
+* The :command:`try_compile` and :command:`try_run` commands gained a
+  ``NO_LOG`` option to skip recording a :manual:`cmake-configure-log(7)`
+  entry.
+
+* The :envvar:`CTEST_NO_TESTS_ACTION` environment variable was added to
+  provide a default value for the
+  :option:`--no-tests=\<action\> <ctest --no-tests>` command line
+  argument of :manual:`ctest(1)`.
+
+* :command:`add_custom_command` and :command:`add_custom_target` now
+  support :manual:`generator expressions <cmake-generator-expressions(7)>`
+  in their ``COMMENT`` option.
+
+* On CYGWIN, the undocumented ``CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32`` mode for
+  compatibility with CMake versions older than 2.8.4 has been removed.
+
+* The :module:`ExternalProject` module :command:`ExternalProject_Add` command
+  gained an ``INSTALL_BYPRODUCTS`` option to specify files generated by the
+  "install" step.
+
+* The :manual:`cmake-file-api(7)` "codemodel" version 2 ``version`` field has
+  been updated to 2.5.
+
+* The :manual:`cmake-file-api(7)` "codemodel" version 2 "target" object
+  gained a new ``fileSets`` field and associated ``fileSetIndex``
+  field to ``sources`` objects.
+
+* The :module:`FindCUDAToolkit` gained support for the `sbsa-linux` cross compilation target
+
+* The :module:`FindCUDAToolkit` module now provides a target for
+  ``libnvrtc_static``, if found.
+
+* The :module:`FindPython3` and :module:`FindPython` modules gain the support
+  of the
+  `Stable Application Binary Interface <https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/stable.html>`_.
+
+* The :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT` variable is now
+  set for ``GNU``, ``MSVC``, and ``AppleClang`` compilers that have only
+  one frontend variant.
+
+* :ref:`Language Standard Flags`, such as ``-std=c++11``, when generated due
+  to :command:`target_compile_features` or :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_STANDARD`,
+  are now placed before flags added by :command:`target_compile_options`,
+  rather than after them.
+
+* The ``ASM_MARMASM`` language was added to support the Microsoft ARM assembler language.
+
+* The :command:`string(TIMESTAMP)` and :command:`file(TIMESTAMP)` commands
+  now support the ``%z`` and ``%Z`` specifiers for the time zone.
+
+* The top-level :command:`project` call will now emit an author warning if the
+  documented command order in relation to :command:`cmake_minimum_required` is
+  not respected.
+
+* The :option:`cmake --trace` option now follows :command:`try_compile` and
+  :command:`try_run` invocations.
+
+* Global property :prop_gbl:`USE_FOLDERS` is treated as ``ON`` by default.
+  See policy :policy:`CMP0143`.
+
+* The :module:`UseSWIG` module gained the support of ``perl5`` language.
+
+* A :variable:`CMAKE_VS_VERSION_BUILD_NUMBER` variable is now set by
+  :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2017 and above to report the
+  four-component Visual Studio version number.
+
+* The :prop_tgt:`XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS <XCODE_EMBED_<type>>` target property
+  was added to tell the :generator:`Xcode` generator to ExtensionKit-based extensions
+  such as extensions using the Background Assets framework.
+  Aspects of the embedding can be customized with the
+  :prop_tgt:`XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS_PATH <XCODE_EMBED_<type>>`,
+  :prop_tgt:`XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS_CODE_SIGN_ON_COPY <XCODE_EMBED_<type>_CODE_SIGN_ON_COPY>` and
+  :prop_tgt:`XCODE_EMBED_EXTENSIONKIT_EXTENSIONS_REMOVE_HEADERS_ON_COPY <XCODE_EMBED_<type>_REMOVE_HEADERS_ON_COPY>`
+  properties.