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Daksh Mamodiya 7fdf315ba3 cmake: Populate help string from documentation table for -D entries
When a built-in cache variable is set via `-D <var>=<value>` with no
help text supplied, populate `HELPSTRING` from the built-in
documentation table (sourced from `Help/variable/*.rst` and the
per-language pattern manuals).  Project-defined and unknown variables
continue to receive the legacy "No help, variable specified on the
command line." sentinel.

The cache entry's type and value are left untouched: type stays
`UNINITIALIZED` for bare `-D` and an explicit `-D <var>:TYPE=<value>`
is honored as before.  The `cmCacheManager::LoadCache` path is not
modified, so reload of existing caches is a fixed point.

Fixes: #27830
2026-05-28 09:25:41 -04:00

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# Defines a placeholder-shaped built-in cache variable on the command
# line for a language combination the underlying ``.rst`` manual
# explicitly excludes (``CMAKE_<LANG>_CPPCHECK`` applies only when
# ``<LANG>`` is C or CXX; this test passes ``HIP``). The matcher is
# intentionally permissive: it accepts the name and returns the
# pattern's Summary, which is installed as the entry's HELPSTRING;
# the per-language restriction is documented in the Summary prose,
# not enforced by the matcher. This case validates the "permissive
# matching with restriction-in-prose" design end-to-end.