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"REMOVE_DUPLICATES will remove duplicated items in the list.\n"
"REVERSE reverses the contents of the list in-place.\n"
"SORT sorts the list in-place alphabetically.\n"
+ "The list subcommands APPEND, INSERT, REMOVE_AT, REMOVE_ITEM, "
+ "REMOVE_DUPLICATES, REVERSE and SORT may create new values for "
+ "the list within the current CMake variable scope. Similar to "
+ "the SET command, the LIST command creates new variable values "
+ "in the current scope, even if the list itself is actually "
+ "defined in a parent scope. To propagate the results of these "
+ "operations upwards, use SET with PARENT_SCOPE, SET with CACHE "
+ "INTERNAL, or some other means of value propagation.\n"
"NOTES: A list in cmake is a ; separated group of strings. "
"To create a list the set command can be used. For example, "
"set(var a b c d e) creates a list with a;b;c;d;e, and "