Help: Document `cmake --build` as a separate command mode (#16093)

The `--build` mode was confusingly documented among other options,
falsely implying that it can be used anywhere on the command line.
Move the documentation to a dedicated section and clarify its usage
as s separate command line mode.
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Brad King 2016-05-10 09:42:37 -04:00
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cmake [<options>] (<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>)
cmake [(-D <var>=<value>)...] -P <cmake-script-file>
cmake --build <dir> [<options>] [-- <build-tool-options>...]
cmake --build <dir> [<options>...] [-- <build-tool-options>...]
cmake -E <command> [<options>...]
cmake --find-package <options>...
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display help for each variable.
``--build <dir>``
Build a CMake-generated project binary tree.
This abstracts a native build tool's command-line interface with the
following options:
::
<dir> = Project binary directory to be built.
--target <tgt> = Build <tgt> instead of default targets.
May only be specified once.
--config <cfg> = For multi-configuration tools, choose <cfg>.
--clean-first = Build target 'clean' first, then build.
(To clean only, use --target 'clean'.)
--use-stderr = Ignored. Behavior is default in CMake >= 3.0.
-- = Pass remaining options to the native tool.
Run ``cmake --build`` with no options for quick help.
See `Build Tool Mode`_.
``-N``
View mode only.
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.. include:: OPTIONS_HELP.txt
Build Tool Mode
===============
CMake provides a command-line signature to build an already-generated
project binary tree::
cmake --build <dir> [<options>...] [-- <build-tool-options>...]
This abstracts a native build tool's command-line interface with the
following options:
``--build <dir>``
Project binary directory to be built. This is required and must be first.
``--target <tgt>``
Build ``<tgt>`` instead of default targets. May only be specified once.
``--config <cfg>``
For multi-configuration tools, choose configuration ``<cfg>``.
``--clean-first``
Build target ``clean`` first, then build.
(To clean only, use ``--target clean``.)
``--use-stderr``
Ignored. Behavior is default in CMake >= 3.0.
``--``
Pass remaining options to the native tool.
Run ``cmake --build`` with no options for quick help.
Command-Line Tool Mode
======================