From 6b8662e681088e991bfd7afd41cf0e68bce0fce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:15:43 -0500 Subject: Help: Clarify if(TARGET) behavior (#14646) Define the meaning of a "target" clearly and link to the commands that create them. --- Help/command/if.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Help/command/if.rst b/Help/command/if.rst index 7123c9a..49c356e 100644 --- a/Help/command/if.rst +++ b/Help/command/if.rst @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ Possible expressions are: True if the given name is an existing policy (of the form ``CMP``). ``if(TARGET target-name)`` - True if the given name is an existing target, built or imported. + True if the given name is an existing logical target name such as those + created by the :command:`add_executable`, :command:`add_library`, or + :command:`add_custom_target` commands. ``if(EXISTS path-to-file-or-directory)`` True if the named file or directory exists. Behavior is well-defined -- cgit v0.12