1add_dependencies 2---------------- 3 4Add a dependency between top-level targets. 5 6.. code-block:: cmake 7 8 add_dependencies(<target> [<target-dependency>]...) 9 10Makes a top-level ``<target>`` depend on other top-level targets to 11ensure that they build before ``<target>`` does. A top-level target 12is one created by one of the :command:`add_executable`, 13:command:`add_library`, or :command:`add_custom_target` commands 14(but not targets generated by CMake like ``install``). 15 16Dependencies added to an :ref:`imported target <Imported Targets>` 17or an :ref:`interface library <Interface Libraries>` are followed 18transitively in its place since the target itself does not build. 19 20.. versionadded:: 3.3 21 Allow adding dependencies to interface libraries. 22 23See the ``DEPENDS`` option of :command:`add_custom_target` and 24:command:`add_custom_command` commands for adding file-level 25dependencies in custom rules. See the :prop_sf:`OBJECT_DEPENDS` 26source file property to add file-level dependencies to object files. 27