include_guardΒΆ
Provides an include guard for the file currently being processed by CMake.
include_guard([DIRECTORY|GLOBAL])
Sets up an include guard for the current CMake file (see the
CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE
variable documentation).
CMake will end its processing of the current file at the location of the
include_guard()
command if the current file has already been
processed for the applicable scope (see below). This provides functionality
similar to the include guards commonly used in source headers or to the
#pragma once
directive. If the current file has been processed previously
for the applicable scope, the effect is as though return()
had been
called. Do not call this command from inside a function being defined within
the current file.
An optional argument specifying the scope of the guard may be provided. Possible values for the option are:
DIRECTORY
The include guard applies within the current directory and below. The file will only be included once within this directory scope, but may be included again by other files outside of this directory (i.e. a parent directory or another directory not pulled in by
add_subdirectory()
orinclude()
from the current file or its children).GLOBAL
The include guard applies globally to the whole build. The current file will only be included once regardless of the scope.
If no arguments given, include_guard
has the same scope as a variable,
meaning that the include guard effect is isolated by the most recent
function scope or current directory if no inner function scopes exist.
In this case the command behavior is the same as:
if(__CURRENT_FILE_VAR__)
return()
endif()
set(__CURRENT_FILE_VAR__ TRUE)