diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Help/prop_dir/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_dir/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Help/prop_dir/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst b/Help/prop_dir/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst index 6789a5644..5d856b80a 100644 --- a/Help/prop_dir/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst +++ b/Help/prop_dir/INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES.rst @@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ target property, which is used by the generators to set the include directories for the compiler. In addition to accepting values from that command, values may be set -directly on any directory using the :command:`set_property` command. A -directory gets its initial value from its parent directory if it has one. -The initial value of the :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES` target property +directly on any directory using the :command:`set_property` command, and can be +set on the current directory using the :command:`set_directory_properties` +command. A directory gets its initial value from its parent directory if it has +one. The initial value of the :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES` target property comes from the value of this property. Both directory and target property values are adjusted by calls to the :command:`include_directories` command. +Calls to :command:`set_property` or :command:`set_directory_properties`, +however, will update the directory property value without updating target +property values. Therefore direct property updates must be made before +calls to :command:`add_executable` or :command:`add_library` for targets +they are meant to affect. The target property values are used by the generators to set the include paths for the compiler. |