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--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE.rst
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@@ -43,24 +43,8 @@ Supported pairs are:
.. versionadded:: 3.23
Specify the 4-component VS Build Version, a.k.a. Build Number.
- The components are:
- ``<major>.<minor>``
-
- The VS major and minor version numbers.
- These are the same as the release version numbers.
-
- ``<date>``
-
- A build date in the format ``MMMDD``, where ``MMM`` is a month index
- since an epoch used by Microsoft, and ``DD`` is a day in that month.
-
- ``<build>``
-
- A build index on the day represented by ``<date>``.
-
- The build number is reported by ``vswhere`` as ``installationVersion``.
- For example, VS 16.11.10 has build number ``16.11.32126.315``.
+ .. include:: CMAKE_VS_VERSION_BUILD_NUMBER_COMPONENTS.txt
.. versionadded:: 3.23
@@ -75,3 +59,6 @@ to hold the value persistently. If an environment variable of the form
is set and points to the ``Common7/Tools`` directory within one of the
VS instances, that instance will be used. Otherwise, if more than one
VS instance is installed we do not define which one is chosen by default.
+
+The VS version build number of the selected VS instance is provided in
+the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_VERSION_BUILD_NUMBER` variable.