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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-07-08 13:44:02 +0000
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2021-07-08 09:44:08 -0400
commit2402789abaf5aaf73f8ff78860c75a8a7120aa0d (patch)
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parenta5ab4c741fb1edce6191871368cda9ddfd6cd50f (diff)
parent2df4badc5f5902ae6808cb3c4b0c3c8484686b5d (diff)
downloadcmake-2402789abaf5aaf73f8ff78860c75a8a7120aa0d.tar.gz
Merge topic 'help_toplevel' into release-3.21
2df4badc5f Help: Note PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL behavior w.r.t. ExternalProject Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !6307
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/PROJECT-NAME_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst10
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst10
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diff --git a/Help/variable/PROJECT-NAME_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst b/Help/variable/PROJECT-NAME_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst
index 953e9783fd..6718ecfd95 100644
--- a/Help/variable/PROJECT-NAME_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/PROJECT-NAME_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,13 @@ level ``CMakeLists.txt`` file.
To obtain the value from the most recent call to :command:`project` in
the current directory scope or above, see the
:variable:`PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL` variable.
+
+The variable value will be true in:
+
+* the top-level directory of the project
+* the top-level directory of an external project added by :module:`ExternalProject`
+
+The variable value will be false in:
+
+* a directory added by :command:`add_subdirectory`
+* a directory added by :module:`FetchContent`
diff --git a/Help/variable/PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst b/Help/variable/PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst
index e5eb6c1231..ad61fecc05 100644
--- a/Help/variable/PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL.rst
@@ -19,3 +19,13 @@ options:
if(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
include(CTest)
endif()
+
+The variable value will be true in:
+
+* the top-level directory of the project
+* the top-level directory of an external project added by :module:`ExternalProject`
+
+The variable value will be false in:
+
+* a directory added by :command:`add_subdirectory`
+* a directory added by :module:`FetchContent`