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Asked: 2026-05-17T16:17:16+00:00

In my CMake project I’d like to have some custom behavior happen when the

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In my CMake project I’d like to have some custom behavior happen when the clean target is run. However, if I do

add_dependencies(clean extra-clean)

it fails with

add_dependencies Adding dependency to non-existent target: clean

Is it even possible to have custom clean behavior?

EDIT: I am running some external tools as part of the build. These tools generate lots of files, but they can be cleaned up simply by asking the tool to do so. Ideally, I could add a custom target to the clean target to call the tool to do its cleanup.

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  1. Editorial Team

    What is the custom behavior you are looking for? If you need to remove files you can use
    set_directory_properties.

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