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1=======================
2LLVM Common CMake Utils
3=======================
4
5What goes here
6--------------
7
8These are CMake modules to be shared between LLVM projects strictly at build
9time. In other words, they must not be included from an installed CMake module,
10such as the ``Add*.cmake`` ones. Modules that are reachable from installed
11modules should instead go in ``${project}/cmake/modules`` of the most upstream
12project that uses them.
13
14The advantage of not putting these modules in an existing location like
15``llvm/cmake/modules`` is two-fold:
16
17- Since they are not installed, we don't have to worry about any out-of-tree
18  downstream usage, and thus there is no need for stability.
19
20- Since they are available as part of the source at build-time, we don't have
21  to do the usual stand-alone vs combined-build dances, avoiding much
22  complexity.
23
24How to use
25----------
26
27For tools, please do:
28
29.. code-block:: cmake
30
31  if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS)
32    set(LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake)
33  endif()
34
35  # Add path for custom modules.
36  list(INSERT CMAKE_MODULE_PATH 0
37    # project-specific module dirs first
38    "${LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS}/Modules"
39    )
40
41Notes:
42
43- The ``if(NOT DEFINED ...)`` guard is there because in combined builds, LLVM
44  will set this variable.  This is useful for legacy builds where projects are
45  found in ``llvm/tools`` instead.
46
47- ``INSERT ... 0`` ensures these new entries are prepended to the front of the
48  module path, so nothing might shadow them by mistake.
49
50For runtime libs, we skip the ``if(NOT DEFINED`` part:
51
52.. code-block:: cmake
53
54  set(LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake)
55
56  ... # same as before
57
58If ``llvm/tools`` legacy-style combined builds are deprecated, we should then
59skip it everywhere, bringing the tools and runtimes boilerplate back in line.
60