The following issue has been SUBMITTED. ====================================================================== http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=13122 ====================================================================== Reported By: void.pointer Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: CMake Issue ID: 13122 Category: CMake Reproducibility: always Severity: feature Priority: normal Status: new ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2012-04-11 12:46 EDT Last Modified: 2012-04-11 12:46 EDT ====================================================================== Summary: Allow inclusion of targets in generated solutions for Visual Studio Description: When generating for visual studio, the project() command results in a solution being generated. Every target created thereafter will be included in this solution. However, if project() is called from a subdirectory, then targets created in parent directories will not be included in this solution *unless* included targets have a dependency on those non-included targets.
For example, if I create a custom target that copies some files as a post-build event, but that target is created in the root directory, I should be able to specify that project() commands invoked in subdirectories include those targets in its solution, for at least the purpose of having them available in the solution for manual invocation. One way to do this I suppose would be to add an optional parameter to the project() command: project( my_project INCLUDE parent_target1 parent_target2 ) Or a separate command could be created: project_dependencies( my_project parent_target1 parent_target2 ) I also recommend adding some flags that determine whether or not those included targets in the solution are built with the ALL_BUILD project or not (for example, for custom targets you may not want this, and if you do need it, it might be worth it to simply add a dependency to an existing target elsewhere). Discussion on the CMake mailing list here: http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2012-April/049804.html ====================================================================== Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2012-04-11 12:46 void.pointer New Issue ====================================================================== -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
