cmake: add short version of '--target <tgt>...' option

Help/manual/cmake.1.rst

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ following options:
   The :envvar:`CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL` environment variable, if set,
   specifies a default parallel level when this option is not given.
 
-``--target <tgt>...``
+``--target <tgt>..., -t <tgt>...``
   Build ``<tgt>`` instead of default targets.  May be specified multiple times.
 
 ``--config <cfg>``

Help/release/dev/cmake-short-target-option.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+cmake-short-target-option
+----------------------------
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``--target`` parameter gained shorter
+  version ``-t``, e.g. ``cmake --build . -t Library1 Library2`` is
+  equivalant to ``cmake --build . --target Library1 Library2``.

Source/cmakemain.cxx

@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ static const char* cmDocumentationUsageNote[][2] = {
     "                 = Build in parallel using the given number of jobs. \n" \
     "                   If <jobs> is omitted the native build tool's \n"      \
     "                   default number is used.\n"                            \
+    "                   The CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL environment "          \
     "variable\n"                                                              \
     "                   specifies a default parallel level when this "        \
     "option\n"                                                                \
     "                   is not given.\n"                                      \
-    "  --target <tgt> = Build <tgt> instead of default targets.\n"            \
-    "                   May be specified multiple times.\n"                   \
+    "  --target <tgt>..., -t <tgt>... \n"                                     \
+    "                 = Build <tgt> instead of default targets.\n"            \
     "  --config <cfg> = For multi-configuration tools, choose <cfg>.\n"       \
     "  --clean-first  = Build target 'clean' first, then build.\n"            \
     "                   (To clean only, use --target 'clean'.)\n"             \
@@ -429,7 +430,8 @@ static int do_build(int ac, char const* const* av)
         dir.clear();
       }
       doing = DoingNone;
-    } else if (strcmp(av[i], "--target") == 0) {
+    } else if ((strcmp(av[i], "--target") == 0) ||
+               (strcmp(av[i], "-t") == 0)) {
       doing = DoingTarget;
     } else if (strcmp(av[i], "--config") == 0) {
       doing = DoingConfig;

Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function(run_BuildDir)
   run_cmake_command(BuildDir--build ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ..
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build BuildDir-build --target CustomTarget)
   run_cmake_command(BuildDir--build-multiple-targets ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ..
-    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build BuildDir-build --target CustomTarget2 --target CustomTarget3)
+    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build BuildDir-build -t CustomTarget2 --target CustomTarget3)
   run_cmake_command(BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-jobs ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ..
     ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build BuildDir-build --target CustomTarget CustomTarget2 -j2 --target CustomTarget3)
   run_cmake_command(BuildDir--build-multiple-targets-with-clean-first ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir ..