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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2015-10-21 09:16:47 -0400
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2015-10-21 09:16:47 -0400
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Merge topic 'doc-file-GLOB-no-order'
5a208f83 Help: Document that file(GLOB*) order is undefined
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@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ Generate a list of files that match the ``<globbing-expressions>`` and
store it into the ``<variable>``. Globbing expressions are similar to
regular expressions, but much simpler. If ``RELATIVE`` flag is
specified, the results will be returned as relative paths to the given
-path.
+path. No specific order of results is defined. If order is important then
+sort the list explicitly (e.g. using the :command:`list(SORT)` command).
By default ``GLOB`` lists directories - directories are omited in result if
``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` is set to false.