Method AddCheckTarget

Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx:220–340

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bool cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::AddCheckTarget()
{
  // Add a special target on which all other targets depend that
  // checks the build system and optionally re-runs CMake.
  // Skip the target if no regeneration is to be done.
  if (this->GlobalSettingIsOn("CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION")) {
    return false;
  }

  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cmLocalGenerator>> const& generators =
    this->LocalGenerators;
  auto& lg =
    cm::static_reference_cast<cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator>(generators[0]);

  auto cc = cm::make_unique<cmCustomCommand>();
  cmTarget* tgt = lg.AddUtilityCommand(CMAKE_CHECK_BUILD_SYSTEM_TARGET, false,
                                       std::move(cc));

  // Collect the input files used to generate all targets in this
  // project.
  std::vector<std::string> listFiles;
  for (auto const& gen : generators) {
    cm::append(listFiles, gen->GetMakefile()->GetListFiles());
  }
  // Sort the list of input files and remove duplicates.
  std::sort(listFiles.begin(), listFiles.end(), std::less<std::string>());
  auto new_end = std::unique(listFiles.begin(), listFiles.end());
  listFiles.erase(new_end, listFiles.end());

  auto ptr = cm::make_unique<cmGeneratorTarget>(tgt, &lg);
  auto* gt = ptr.get();
  lg.AddGeneratorTarget(std::move(ptr));

  // Organize in the "predefined targets" folder:
  //
  if (this->UseFolderProperty()) {
    tgt->SetProperty("FOLDER", this->GetPredefinedTargetsFolder());
  }

  // Create a list of all stamp files for this project.
  std::vector<std::string> stamps;
  std::string stampList = cmStrCat(
    "CMakeFiles/", cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::GetGenerateStampList());
  {
    std::string stampListFile =
      cmStrCat(generators[0]->GetMakefile()->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory(), '/',
               stampList);
    std::string stampFile;
    cmGeneratedFileStream fout(stampListFile);
    for (auto const& gi : generators) {
      stampFile = cmStrCat(gi->GetMakefile()->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory(),
                           "/CMakeFiles/generate.stamp");
      fout << stampFile << '\n';
      stamps.push_back(stampFile);
    }
  }

  // Add a custom rule to re-run CMake if any input files changed.