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@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ OBJECT_DEPENDS
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Additional files on which a compiled object file depends.
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-Specifies a semicolon-separated list of full-paths to files on which
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-any object files compiled from this source file depend. An object
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-file will be recompiled if any of the named files is newer than it.
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+Specifies a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` of full-paths to
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+files on which any object files compiled from this source file depend.
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+On :ref:`Makefile Generators` and the :generator:`Ninja` generator an
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+object file will be recompiled if any of the named files is newer than it.
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+:ref:`Visual Studio Generators` and the :generator:`Xcode` generator
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+cannot implement such compilation dependencies.
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This property need not be used to specify the dependency of a source
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file on a generated header file that it includes. Although the
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@@ -14,5 +17,5 @@ necessary. If the generated header file is created by a custom
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command in the same target as the source file, the automatic
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dependency scanning process will recognize the dependency. If the
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generated header file is created by another target, an inter-target
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-dependency should be created with the add_dependencies command (if one
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-does not already exist due to linking relationships).
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+dependency should be created with the :command:`add_dependencies`
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+command (if one does not already exist due to linking relationships).
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Brad King