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-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_sf/SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/UNITY_BUILD.rst5
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst
index b4c9cf1..3ee6645 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ following queries. The first query that provides a yes/no answer is used.
- Otherwise, the source file will be scanned if the compiler and generator
support scanning. See policy :policy:`CMP0155`.
+Note that any scanned source will be excluded from any unity build (see
+:prop_tgt:`UNITY_BUILD`) because module-related statements can only happen at
+one place within a C++ translation unit.
+
Compiler Support
================
diff --git a/Help/prop_sf/SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION.rst b/Help/prop_sf/SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION.rst
index ae526ac..38a0a78 100644
--- a/Help/prop_sf/SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_sf/SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION.rst
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ in the same way as it would with unity builds disabled.
This property helps with "ODR (One definition rule)" problems where combining
a particular source file with others might lead to build errors or other
unintended side effects.
+
+Note that sources which are scanned for C++ modules (see
+:manual:`cmake-cxxmodules(7)`) are not eligible for unity build inclusion and
+will automatically be excluded.
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/UNITY_BUILD.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/UNITY_BUILD.rst
index 52f4714..577b0c9 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/UNITY_BUILD.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/UNITY_BUILD.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ a number of measures to help address such problems:
:prop_sf:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES` source property will not be combined
into a unity source.
+* Any source file which is scanned for C++ module sources via
+ :prop_tgt:`CXX_SCAN_FOR_MODULES`, :prop_sf:`CXX_SCAN_FOR_MODULES`, or
+ membership of a ``CXX_MODULES`` file set will not be combined into a unity
+ source. See :manual:`cmake-cxxmodules(7)` for details.
+
* Projects can prevent an individual source file from being combined into
a unity source by setting its :prop_sf:`SKIP_UNITY_BUILD_INCLUSION`
source property to true. This can be a more effective way to prevent