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-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake.1.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/compare_files-ignore-eol.rst6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index 915e0d4..eaf57a0 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -373,9 +373,10 @@ Available commands are:
``chdir <dir> <cmd> [<arg>...]``
Change the current working directory and run a command.
-``compare_files <file1> <file2>``
+``compare_files [--ignore-eol] <file1> <file2>``
Check if ``<file1>`` is same as ``<file2>``. If files are the same,
- then returns 0, if not it returns 1.
+ then returns 0, if not it returns 1. The ``--ignore-eol`` option
+ implies line-wise comparison and ignores LF/CRLF differences.
``copy <file>... <destination>``
Copy files to ``<destination>`` (either file or directory).
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/compare_files-ignore-eol.rst b/Help/release/dev/compare_files-ignore-eol.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc32921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/compare_files-ignore-eol.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+compare_files-ignore-eol
+------------------------
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E compare_files`` command learned a new
+ ``--ignore-eol`` option to specify that end-of-line differences (e.g. LF vs
+ CRLF) should be ignored when comparing files.