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Expand ~ tilde to home directory in CMake script
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| # expands ~ to user home directory | |
| # | |
| # usage: | |
| # expanduser("~/code" x) | |
| function(expanduser in outvar) | |
| if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.21) | |
| get_filename_component(out ${in} ABSOLUTE) | |
| else() | |
| file(REAL_PATH ${in} out EXPAND_TILDE) | |
| endif() | |
| set(${outvar} ${out} PARENT_SCOPE) | |
| endfunction(expanduser) |
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This fails in PowerShell, because it expands using forward slash, which most CLI programs do not handle in PowerShell.