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authorChris Wright <chris@inkyspider.co.uk>2023-04-21 16:47:19 +1000
committerCraig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>2023-04-26 16:30:36 +0800
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ExternalProject/FetchContent: Support relative remote URLs
Teach `ExternalProject_Add` and `FetchContent_Declare` to resolve relative remote URLs provided via `GIT_REPOSITORY`. Add policy CMP0150 to maintain compatibility. Fixes: #24211 Co-Authored-By: Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com>
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+* The :module:`ExternalProject` and :module:`FetchContent` modules
+ now resolve relative `GIT_REPOSITORY` paths as relative to the
+ parent project's remote, not as a relative local file system path.
+ See :policy:`CMP0150`.