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<span id="variable:PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL"></span><h1>PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL<a class="headerlink" href="#project-is-top-level" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.21.</span></p>
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<p>A boolean variable indicating whether the most recently called
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:project"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/project.html#command:project" title="project"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">project()</span></code></a> command in the current scope or above was in the top
level <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMakeLists.txt</span></code> file.</p>
<p>Some modules should only be included as part of the top level
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMakeLists.txt</span></code> file to not cause unintended side effects in the build
tree, and this variable can be used to conditionally execute such code. For
example, consider the <span class="target" id="index-0-module:CTest"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../module/CTest.html#module:CTest" title="CTest"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CTest</span></code></a> module, which creates targets and
options:</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">project(</span><span class="nb">MyProject</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="p">...</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="nf">if(</span><span class="no">PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">include(</span><span class="nb">CTest</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="nf">endif()</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>The variable value will be true in:</p>
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<li><p>the top-level directory of the project</p></li>
<li><p>the top-level directory of an external project added by <span class="target" id="index-0-module:ExternalProject"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../module/ExternalProject.html#module:ExternalProject" title="ExternalProject"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ExternalProject</span></code></a></p></li>
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<p>The variable value will be false in:</p>
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<li><p>a directory added by <span class="target" id="index-0-command:add_subdirectory"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/add_subdirectory.html#command:add_subdirectory" title="add_subdirectory"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_subdirectory()</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p>a directory added by <span class="target" id="index-0-module:FetchContent"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../module/FetchContent.html#module:FetchContent" title="FetchContent"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FetchContent</span></code></a></p></li>
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