What is the default target when building a project?

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https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake.1.html#build-a-project

Looking at the cmake build documentation I’m a bit confused.

--target <tgt>..., -t <tgt>...

    Build <tgt> instead of the default target. Multiple targets may be given, separated by spaces.

What is the default target? Can I query for it? Can we add extra docs?

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If I’m not mistaken, it’s simply “all”.

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For Makefile and Ninja generators at least, yes it is all, but for other generators it is called ALL_BUILD (not sure if any use ALL off the top of my head).

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@craig.scott where is this documented by the way?

I swear I read this somewhere but I can’t find it in the cmake docs for the life of me.

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A quick grep shows that it is mentioned at least in the following places: