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Brad King 5fc5f4d26e add_test: Revert "Allow special characters in test name"
Revert commit f84af8e270 (add_test: Allow special characters in test
name, 2020-05-16, v3.18.0-rc1~142^2).  Unfortunately the fix breaks
projects that were working around the limitation with manual escaping.
The fix can be re-introduced with a policy in a future version.

Also add a 3.18.1 release note explaining the change.

Fixes: #21017, #20965
Issue: #19391
2020-07-28 08:04:11 +10:00
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2019-12-13 10:51:46 -05:00

CMake Tests Directory
*********************

This directory contains the CMake test suite.
See also the `CMake Source Code Guide`_.

.. _`CMake Source Code Guide`: ../Help/dev/source.rst

Many tests exist as immediate subdirectories, but some tests
are organized as follows.

* ``CMakeLib/``:
  Source code, used for tests, that links to the ``CMakeLib`` library
  defined over in ``Source/``.

* ``CMakeOnly/``:
  Deprecated.  Tests that run CMake to generate a project but not build it.
  Superseded by ``Tests/RunCMake/``.

* ``Find*/``:
  Tests for specific find modules that can only be run on machines with
  the corresponding packages installed.  They are enabled in
  ``CMakeLists.txt`` by undocumented options used on CI builds.

* ``Module/``:
  Tests for specific CMake modules.

* ``RunCMake/``:
  Tests that run CMake and/or other tools while precisely checking
  their return code and stdout/stderr content.  Useful for testing
  error cases and diagnostic output.