From 1b0adeea819e82d19da190c47bab06e1f355cf8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:31:25 -0400 Subject: Help: Clarify target_sources PRIVATE/PUBLIC/INTERFACE scopes --- Help/command/target_sources.rst | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Help/command/target_sources.rst b/Help/command/target_sources.rst index 856d869..653b8d7 100644 --- a/Help/command/target_sources.rst +++ b/Help/command/target_sources.rst @@ -11,19 +11,21 @@ Add sources to a target. [items1...] [ [items2...] ...]) -Specifies sources to use when compiling a given target. Relative -source file paths are interpreted as being relative to the current +Specifies sources to use when building a target and/or its dependents. +Relative source file paths are interpreted as being relative to the current source directory (i.e. :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR`). The named ```` must have been created by a command such as :command:`add_executable` or :command:`add_library` and must not be an :ref:`ALIAS target `. The ``INTERFACE``, ``PUBLIC`` and ``PRIVATE`` keywords are required to -specify the scope of the following arguments. ``PRIVATE`` and ``PUBLIC`` +specify the scope of the items following them. ``PRIVATE`` and ``PUBLIC`` items will populate the :prop_tgt:`SOURCES` property of -````. ``PUBLIC`` and ``INTERFACE`` items will populate the -:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_SOURCES` property of ````. -(:ref:`IMPORTED targets ` only support ``INTERFACE`` items.) +````, which are used when building the target itself. +``PUBLIC`` and ``INTERFACE`` items will populate the +:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_SOURCES` property of ````, which are used +when building dependents. (:ref:`IMPORTED targets ` +only support ``INTERFACE`` items because they are not build targets.) The following arguments specify sources. Repeated calls for the same ```` append items in the order called. -- cgit v0.12