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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst index 71858c50e..fbe760815 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute.rst @@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_<an-attribute> Set Xcode target attributes directly. -Tell the :generator:`Xcode` generator to set '<an-attribute>' to a given +Tell the :generator:`Xcode` generator to set ``<an-attribute>`` to a given value in the generated Xcode project. Ignored on other generators. +This offers low-level control over the generated Xcode project file. +It is meant as a last resort for specifying settings that CMake does +not otherwise have a way to control. Although this can override a +setting CMake normally produces on its own, doing so bypasses CMake's +model of the project and can break things. + See the :variable:`CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_<an-attribute>` variable to set attributes on all targets in a directory tree. |