CMAKE_AUTOGEN_INTERMEDIATE_DIR_STRATEGY

Added in version 4.2.

CMAKE_AUTOGEN_INTERMEDIATE_DIR_STRATEGY is a string cache variable specifying the strategy to use for autogen target intermediate directories and their contents. The supported values are:

FULL: Intermediate directories are named based on a <TARGET_NAME>_autogen.dir and <TARGET_NAME>_autogen pattern (with some slight deviations and sanitizations applied in various places). Object file names are based on the filename of the source file being compiled.
SHORT: Intermediate directories are named from the hash of the target name and the build directory location and an /autogen subdirectory. This may help with projects that generate long paths in the build directory to support building in directories other than those near a root path.

When unset or the named strategy is not supported, the FULL strategy is used.

Note

This only works as a cache variable, not a locally-scoped variable.

This is supported by the following generators:

Note

Not all generators support all strategies and paths may differ between generators.

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