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<span id="variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET"></span><h1>CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET<a class="headerlink" href="#cmake-global-autogen-target" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.14.</span></p>
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<p>Switch to enable generation of a global <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autogen</span></code> target.</p>
<p>When <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET" title="CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET</span></code></a> is enabled, a custom target
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autogen</span></code> is generated. This target depends on all <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> and
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By building the global <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autogen</span></code> target, all <span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOMOC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOMOC" title="AUTOMOC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOMOC</span></code></a> and
<span class="target" id="index-1-prop_tgt:AUTOUIC"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/AUTOUIC.html#prop_tgt:AUTOUIC" title="AUTOUIC"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTOUIC</span></code></a> files in the project will be generated.</p>
<p>The name of the global <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autogen</span></code> target can be changed by setting
<span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET_NAME"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET_NAME.html#variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET_NAME" title="CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET_NAME"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET_NAME</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>By default <span class="target" id="index-1-variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#variable:CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET" title="CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET</span></code></a> is unset.</p>
<p>See the <span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake-qt(7)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-qt.7.html#manual:cmake-qt(7)" title="cmake-qt(7)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake-qt(7)</span></code></a> manual for more information on using CMake
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<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;ORIGIN&gt;_autogen</span></code> targets by default inherit their origin target's
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