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Alexandru Croitor 3d4b70ea64 set_source_files_properties: Allow specification of directory scope
Both set_source_files_properties() and set_property(SOURCE) now accept
two new optional arguments: DIRECTORY and TARGET_DIRECTORY.

The DIRECTORY option takes a list of relative or absolute paths
pointing to processed source directories (add_subdirectory was
already called on them).

These paths specify directory scopes where the source file properties
will be set. Previously the scope was always the currently processed
source directory.

Similarly TARGET_DIRECTORY takes a list of targets, whose source
directories will be used as the list of scopes where to set the
source file properties.

get_property() and get_source_file_property() also get the same
new arguments, except only one value can be specified instead
of a list.

Fixes: #20128
2020-05-14 16:31:22 +02:00

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set_source_files_properties
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Source files can have properties that affect how they are built.
.. code-block:: cmake
set_source_files_properties([file1 [file2 [...]]]
[<TARGET_DIRECTORY ... | DIRECTORY ...>]
PROPERTIES prop1 value1
[prop2 value2 [...]])
Sets properties associated with source files using a key/value paired
list.
Note that source file properties are by default visible only to
targets added in the same directory (``CMakeLists.txt``).
The file properties can be made visible in a different directory by specifying
one of the additional options: ``TARGET_DIRECTORY`` or ``DIRECTORY``.
``DIRECTORY`` takes a list of processed directories paths, and sets the file
properties in those directory scopes.
``TARGET_DIRECTORY`` takes a list of existing targets. The file
properties will be set in these targets' directory scopes.
See also the :command:`set_property(SOURCE)` command.
See :ref:`Source File Properties` for the list of properties known
to CMake. Source file properties are visible only to targets added
in the same directory (``CMakeLists.txt``).