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friendlyanon 96a7040107 project: Define variables indicating whether project is top level
Define `PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL` and `<PROJECT-NAME>_IS_TOP_LEVEL`.  The
latter is a STATIC cache entry just like other `<PROJECT-NAME>_*`
variables so that it is globally scoped.

Issue: #20310
Fixes: #21961
2021-03-26 09:35:34 -04:00

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PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL
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.. versionadded:: 3.21
A boolean variable indicating whether :command:`project` was called in a top
level ``CMakeLists.txt`` file.
Some modules should only be included as part of the top level
``CMakeLists.txt`` file to not cause unintended side effects in the build
tree, and this variable can be used to conditionally execute such code. For
example, consider the :module:`CTest` module, which creates targets and
options:
.. code-block:: cmake
project(MyProject)
...
if(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
include(CTest)
endif()