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diff --git a/Help/command/get_property.rst b/Help/command/get_property.rst index 06025183ee..870c934e3d 100644 --- a/Help/command/get_property.rst +++ b/Help/command/get_property.rst @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ It must be one of the following: ``DIRECTORY`` Scope defaults to the current directory but another directory (already processed by CMake) may be named by the - full or relative path ``<dir>``. + full or relative path ``<dir>``. The ``<dir>`` may reference either a + source directory, or since CMake 3.19, a binary directory. + Relative paths are treated as relative to the current source directory. See also the :command:`get_directory_property` command. ``TARGET`` @@ -44,10 +46,11 @@ It must be one of the following: ``DIRECTORY <dir>`` The source file property will be read from the ``<dir>`` directory's - scope. CMake must already know about that source directory, either by - having added it through a call to :command:`add_subdirectory` or ``<dir>`` - being the top level source directory. Relative paths are treated as - relative to the current source directory. + scope. The ``<dir>`` may reference either a source directory, or + since CMake 3.19, a binary directory. CMake must already know about + the directory, either by having added it through a call + to :command:`add_subdirectory` or ``<dir>`` being the top level directory. + Relative paths are treated as relative to the current source directory. ``TARGET_DIRECTORY <target>`` The source file property will be read from the directory scope in which |