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commit 6db8f6a410d99e9a66847530bb520b329d2f1a9e
Merge: ac4d6d4 3beb2c4
Author:     Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Sep 5 13:07:22 2019 +0000
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    Merge topic 'doc-remove_directory-symlink'
    
    3beb2c440b cmake: Document -E remove_directory symlink behavior
    
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commit 3beb2c440badc293c7cf783abe0f1f5e9fb6f497
Author:     Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Sep 5 08:30:09 2019 -0400
Commit:     Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com>
CommitDate: Thu Sep 5 08:31:49 2019 -0400

    cmake: Document -E remove_directory symlink behavior
    
    Update documentation for the change made by commit e6c9a8bac3 (cmake:
    Teach -E remove_directory to remove directory symlinks, 2019-08-26).
    Also add a release note.
    
    Issue: #19533

diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index 0645e41..2576cde 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ Available commands are:
 
 ``remove_directory <dir>...``
   Remove ``<dir>`` directories and their contents.  If a directory does
-  not exist it will be silently ignored.
+  not exist it will be silently ignored.  If ``<dir>`` is a symlink to
+  a directory, just the symlink will be removed.
 
 ``rename <oldname> <newname>``
   Rename a file or directory (on one volume). If file with the ``<newname>`` name
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/remove_directory-symlink.rst b/Help/release/dev/remove_directory-symlink.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0896388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/remove_directory-symlink.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+remove_directory-symlink
+------------------------
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E remove_directory`` command-line tool,
+  when given the path to a symlink to a directory, now removes just
+  the symlink.  It no longer removes content of the linked directory.

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Summary of changes:
 Help/manual/cmake.1.rst                       | 3 ++-
 Help/release/dev/remove_directory-symlink.rst | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Help/release/dev/remove_directory-symlink.rst


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