Merge topic 'free-command-a'

9ba0bf60c6 cmA*Command: Turn into free functions

Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !3660
diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 57e571a..2b7c9ae 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 -modernize-use-transparent-functors,\
 -modernize-use-using,\
 performance-*,\
--performance-inefficient-string-concatenation,\
 readability-*,\
 -readability-function-size,\
 -readability-identifier-naming,\
diff --git a/Help/release/3.15.rst b/Help/release/3.15.rst
index 4f53466..b0365ba 100644
--- a/Help/release/3.15.rst
+++ b/Help/release/3.15.rst
@@ -362,3 +362,10 @@
   always runs in a mode aware of C++14.
 
 * Preliminary Swift support added in 3.15.0 has been updated.
+
+3.15.2
+------
+
+* In CMake 3.15.0 and 3.15.1 the :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG`
+  variable caused the :command:`find_package` command to fail on a missing
+  package even without the ``REQUIRED`` option.  This has been fixed.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT.rst
index d502121..7e44a4c 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT.rst
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
   -- Collected items in the "listVar":
   --   one
   --   two
-  --   tree
+  --   three
   -- No more indent
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeSwiftInformation.cmake b/Modules/CMakeSwiftInformation.cmake
index 58b0813..54e441c 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeSwiftInformation.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeSwiftInformation.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_FLAG_Swift "-I ")
-if(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_Swift_FLAG "-Xlinker -install_name -Xlinker ")
+elseif(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
   set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_Swift_FLAG "-Xlinker -soname -Xlinker ")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindGLEW.cmake b/Modules/FindGLEW.cmake
index 2e9a052..bd69819 100644
--- a/Modules/FindGLEW.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindGLEW.cmake
@@ -70,11 +70,27 @@
   message(STATUS "FindGLEW: did not find GLEW CMake config file. Searching for libraries.")
 endif()
 
+if(APPLE)
+  find_package(OpenGL QUIET)
+
+  if(OpenGL_FOUND)
+    if(GLEW_VERBOSE)
+      message(STATUS "FindGLEW: Found OpenGL Framework.")
+      message(STATUS "FindGLEW: OPENGL_LIBRARIES: ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    if(GLEW_VERBOSE)
+      message(STATUS "FindGLEW: could not find GLEW library.")
+    endif()
+    return()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 
 function(__glew_set_find_library_suffix shared_or_static)
-  if(UNIX AND "${shared_or_static}" MATCHES "SHARED")
+  if((UNIX AND NOT APPLE) AND "${shared_or_static}" MATCHES "SHARED")
     set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".so" PARENT_SCOPE)
-  elseif(UNIX AND "${shared_or_static}" MATCHES "STATIC")
+  elseif((UNIX AND NOT APPLE) AND "${shared_or_static}" MATCHES "STATIC")
     set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a" PARENT_SCOPE)
   elseif(APPLE AND "${shared_or_static}" MATCHES "SHARED")
     set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".dylib;.so" PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -194,7 +210,7 @@
 
 if(NOT GLEW_FOUND)
   if(GLEW_VERBOSE)
-    message(STATUS "FindGLEW: could not found GLEW library.")
+    message(STATUS "FindGLEW: could not find GLEW library.")
   endif()
   return()
 endif()
@@ -210,6 +226,11 @@
   set_target_properties(GLEW::glew
                         PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
+  if(APPLE)
+    set_target_properties(GLEW::glew
+                          PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenGL::GL)
+  endif()
+
   if(GLEW_SHARED_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
     set_property(TARGET GLEW::glew
                  APPEND
@@ -238,6 +259,11 @@
   set_target_properties(GLEW::glew_s
                         PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
+  if(APPLE)
+    set_target_properties(GLEW::glew_s
+                          PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenGL::GL)
+  endif()
+
   if(GLEW_STATIC_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
     set_property(TARGET GLEW::glew_s
                  APPEND
@@ -267,6 +293,11 @@
   set_target_properties(GLEW::GLEW
                         PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
+  if(APPLE)
+    set_target_properties(GLEW::GLEW
+                          PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenGL::GL)
+  endif()
+
   if(TARGET GLEW::glew)
     if(GLEW_SHARED_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
       set_property(TARGET GLEW::GLEW
diff --git a/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake b/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake
index 1722d6a..a2999fc 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@
       if(${_NAME}_${comp}_FOUND)
 
         if(NOT DEFINED FOUND_COMPONENTS_MSG)
-          set(FOUND_COMPONENTS_MSG "found components: ")
+          set(FOUND_COMPONENTS_MSG "found components:")
         endif()
         string(APPEND FOUND_COMPONENTS_MSG " ${comp}")
 
       else()
 
         if(NOT DEFINED MISSING_COMPONENTS_MSG)
-          set(MISSING_COMPONENTS_MSG "missing components: ")
+          set(MISSING_COMPONENTS_MSG "missing components:")
         endif()
         string(APPEND MISSING_COMPONENTS_MSG " ${comp}")
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindPython.cmake b/Modules/FindPython.cmake
index 6a9decb..2056e93 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPython.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPython.cmake
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@
     ``NEVER`` to select preferably the interpreter from the virtual
     environment.
 
+  .. note::
+
+    If the component ``Development`` is requested, it is **strongly**
+    recommended to also include the component ``Interpreter`` to get expected
+    result.
+
 Commands
 ^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindPython/Support.cmake b/Modules/FindPython/Support.cmake
index 8faec03..90a8264 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPython/Support.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPython/Support.cmake
@@ -241,6 +241,85 @@
   set (${_PYTHON_PGN_NAMES} ${names} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
+function (_PYTHON_GET_CONFIG_VAR _PYTHON_PGCV_VALUE NAME)
+  unset (${_PYTHON_PGCV_VALUE} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+  if (NOT NAME MATCHES "^(PREFIX|ABIFLAGS|CONFIGDIR|INCLUDES|LIBS)$")
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
+    set (config_flag "--${NAME}")
+    string (TOLOWER "${config_flag}" config_flag)
+    execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" ${config_flag}
+                     RESULT_VARIABLE _result
+                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _values
+                     ERROR_QUIET
+                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if (_result)
+      unset (_values)
+    else()
+      if (NAME STREQUAL "INCLUDES")
+        # do some clean-up
+        string (REGEX MATCHALL "-I[^ ]+" _values "${_values}")
+        string (REPLACE "-I" "" _values "${_values}")
+        list (REMOVE_DUPLICATES _values)
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
+  if (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    if (NAME STREQUAL "PREFIX")
+      execute_process (COMMAND "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE}" -c "import sys; from distutils import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(';'.join([sysconfig.PREFIX,sysconfig.EXEC_PREFIX,sysconfig.BASE_EXEC_PREFIX]))"
+                       RESULT_VARIABLE _result
+                       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _values
+                       ERROR_QUIET
+                       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+      if (_result)
+        unset (_values)
+      else()
+        list (REMOVE_DUPLICATES _values)
+      endif()
+    elseif (NAME STREQUAL "INCLUDES")
+      execute_process (COMMAND "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE}" -c "import sys; from distutils import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(';'.join([sysconfig.get_python_inc(plat_specific=True),sysconfig.get_python_inc(plat_specific=False)]))"
+                       RESULT_VARIABLE _result
+                       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _values
+                       ERROR_QUIET
+                       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+      if (_result)
+        unset (_values)
+      endif()
+    else()
+      set (config_flag "${NAME}")
+      if (NAME STREQUAL "CONFIGDIR")
+        set (config_flag "LIBPL")
+      endif()
+      execute_process (COMMAND "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE}" -c "import sys; from distutils import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(sysconfig.get_config_var('${config_flag}'))"
+                       RESULT_VARIABLE _result
+                       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _values
+                       ERROR_QUIET
+                       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+      if (_result)
+        unset (_values)
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
+  if (NOT _values OR _values STREQUAL "None")
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  if (NAME STREQUAL "LIBS")
+    # do some clean-up
+    string (REGEX MATCHALL "-[l][^ ]+" _values "${_values}")
+    # remove elements relative to python library itself
+    list (FILTER _values EXCLUDE REGEX "-lpython")
+    list (REMOVE_DUPLICATES _values)
+  endif()
+
+  set (${_PYTHON_PGCV_VALUE} "${_values}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 
 function (_PYTHON_VALIDATE_INTERPRETER)
   if (NOT ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE)
@@ -1147,114 +1226,90 @@
     endif()
   endif()
 
-  # if python interpreter is found, use its location and version to ensure consistency
-  # between interpreter and development environment
-  unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PREFIX)
-  unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXEC_PREFIX)
-  unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_BASE_EXEC_PREFIX)
-  if (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_Interpreter_FOUND)
-    execute_process (COMMAND "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE}" -c
-                             "import sys; from distutils import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(sysconfig.EXEC_PREFIX)"
-                     RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXEC_PREFIX
-                     ERROR_QUIET
-                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-      unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXEC_PREFIX)
+  # if python interpreter is found, use it to ensure consistency
+  # between interpreter and development environment.
+  # If not, try to locate a compatible config tool
+  if (NOT ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_Interpreter_FOUND OR CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR}" ENV ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR)
+    unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS)
+    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_VIRTUALENV MATCHES "^(FIRST|ONLY)$")
+      set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS ENV VIRTUAL_ENV)
     endif()
+    unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS)
 
-    if (NOT ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_VIRTUALENV STREQUAL "STANDARD")
-      execute_process (COMMAND "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE}" -c
-                               "import sys; from distutils import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(sysconfig.BASE_EXEC_PREFIX)"
-                       RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_BASE_EXEC_PREFIX
-                       ERROR_QUIET
-                       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-        unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_BASE_EXEC_PREFIX)
+    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_STRATEGY STREQUAL "LOCATION")
+      set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES)
+
+      foreach (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION IN LISTS _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_VERSIONS)
+        _python_get_names (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_NAMES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION} POSIX CONFIG)
+        list (APPEND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_NAMES})
+
+        # Framework Paths
+        _python_get_frameworks (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION})
+        list (APPEND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_PATHS})
+      endforeach()
+
+      # Apple frameworks handling
+      if (CMAKE_HOST_APPLE AND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_FRAMEWORK STREQUAL "FIRST")
+        find_program (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG
+                      NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES}
+                      NAMES_PER_DIR
+                      HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
+                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                            ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                      PATH_SUFFIXES bin
+                      NO_CMAKE_PATH
+                      NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+                      NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+                      NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
       endif()
-    endif()
-  endif()
-  set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_BASE_HINTS "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXEC_PREFIX}" "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_BASE_EXEC_PREFIX}" "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR}" ENV ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR)
-  set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_BASE_HINTS})
 
-  if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_STRATEGY STREQUAL "LOCATION")
-    set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES)
-
-    foreach (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION IN LISTS _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_VERSIONS)
-      _python_get_names (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_NAMES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION} POSIX CONFIG)
-      list (APPEND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_NAMES})
-    endforeach()
-
-    find_program (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG
-                  NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES}
-                  NAMES_PER_DIR
-                  HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                  PATH_SUFFIXES bin)
-
-    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
-      execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --abiflags
-                       RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                       OUTPUT_VARIABLE __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS
-                       ERROR_QUIET
-                       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-        # assume ABI is not supported
-        set (__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS "")
-      endif()
-      if (DEFINED _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_ABI AND NOT __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS IN_LIST _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS)
-        # Wrong ABI
-        unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
-      endif()
-    endif()
-
-    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG AND DEFINED CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE)
-      # check that config tool match library architecture
-      execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --configdir
-                       RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR
-                       ERROR_QUIET
-                       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-        unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
-      else()
-        string(FIND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR}" "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT EQUAL -1)
-          unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
-        endif()
-      endif()
-    endif()
-  else()
-    foreach (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION IN LISTS _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_VERSIONS)
-      # try to use pythonX.Y-config tool
-      _python_get_names (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION} POSIX CONFIG)
       find_program (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG
                     NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES}
                     NAMES_PER_DIR
                     HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
+                    PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
                     PATH_SUFFIXES bin)
-      unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES)
 
-      if (NOT _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
-        continue()
+      # Apple frameworks handling
+      if (CMAKE_HOST_APPLE AND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_FRAMEWORK STREQUAL "LAST")
+        find_program (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG
+                      NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES}
+                      NAMES_PER_DIR
+                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                      PATH_SUFFIXES bin
+                      NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
       endif()
 
-      execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --abiflags
-                       RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                       OUTPUT_VARIABLE __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS
-                       ERROR_QUIET
-                       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-        # assume ABI is not supported
-        set (__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS "")
-      endif()
-      if (DEFINED _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_ABI AND NOT __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS IN_LIST _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS)
-        # Wrong ABI
-        unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
-        continue()
+      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
+        execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --help
+                         RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
+                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HELP
+                         ERROR_QUIET
+                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
+          # assume config tool is not usable
+          unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
+        endif()
       endif()
 
-      if (DEFINED CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE)
+      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
+        execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --abiflags
+                         RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
+                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS
+                         ERROR_QUIET
+                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
+          # assume ABI is not supported
+          set (__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS "")
+        endif()
+        if (DEFINED _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_ABI AND NOT __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS IN_LIST _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS)
+          # Wrong ABI
+          unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
+        endif()
+      endif()
+
+      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG AND DEFINED CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE)
         # check that config tool match library architecture
         execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --configdir
                          RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
@@ -1263,62 +1318,132 @@
                          OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
         if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
           unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
+        else()
+          string(FIND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR}" "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
+          if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT EQUAL -1)
+            unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
+          endif()
+        endif()
+      endif()
+    else()
+      foreach (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION IN LISTS _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_VERSIONS)
+        # try to use pythonX.Y-config tool
+        _python_get_names (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION} POSIX CONFIG)
+
+        # Framework Paths
+        _python_get_frameworks (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION})
+
+        # Apple frameworks handling
+        if (CMAKE_HOST_APPLE AND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_FRAMEWORK STREQUAL "FIRST")
+          find_program (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG
+                        NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES}
+                        NAMES_PER_DIR
+                        HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
+                        PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                              ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                        PATH_SUFFIXES bin
+                        NO_CMAKE_PATH
+                        NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+                        NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+                        NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
+        endif()
+
+        find_program (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG
+                      NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES}
+                      NAMES_PER_DIR
+                      HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
+                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                      PATH_SUFFIXES bin)
+
+        # Apple frameworks handling
+        if (CMAKE_HOST_APPLE AND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_FRAMEWORK STREQUAL "LAST")
+          find_program (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG
+                        NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES}
+                        NAMES_PER_DIR
+                        PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                        PATH_SUFFIXES bin
+                        NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+        endif()
+
+        unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_NAMES)
+
+        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
+          execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --help
+                           RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
+                           OUTPUT_VARIABLE __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HELP
+                           ERROR_QUIET
+                           OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+          if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
+            # assume config tool is not usable
+            unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
+          endif()
+        endif()
+
+        if (NOT _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
           continue()
         endif()
-        string(FIND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR}" "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT EQUAL -1)
+
+        execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --abiflags
+                         RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
+                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS
+                         ERROR_QUIET
+                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
+          # assume ABI is not supported
+          set (__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS "")
+        endif()
+        if (DEFINED _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_ABI AND NOT __${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS IN_LIST _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS)
+          # Wrong ABI
           unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
           continue()
         endif()
-      endif()
 
-      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
-        break()
-      endif()
-    endforeach()
+        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG AND DEFINED CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE)
+          # check that config tool match library architecture
+          execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --configdir
+                           RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
+                           OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR
+                           ERROR_QUIET
+                           OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+          if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
+            unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
+            continue()
+          endif()
+          string(FIND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR}" "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
+          if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT EQUAL -1)
+            unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
+            continue()
+          endif()
+        endif()
+
+        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
+          break()
+        endif()
+      endforeach()
+    endif()
   endif()
 
-  if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
+  if ((${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_Interpreter_FOUND AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING) OR _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
     # retrieve root install directory
-    execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --prefix
-                     RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PREFIX
-                     ERROR_QUIET
-                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-      # python-config is not usable
-      unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG CACHE)
-    endif()
-  endif()
+    _python_get_config_var (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PREFIX PREFIX)
 
-  if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
     # enforce current ABI
-    execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --abiflags
-                     RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS
-                     ERROR_QUIET
-                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-      # assume ABI is not supported
-      set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS "")
-    endif()
+    _python_get_config_var (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ABIFLAGS ABIFLAGS)
 
     set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PREFIX}")
 
     # retrieve library
     ## compute some paths and artifact names
-    string (REGEX REPLACE "^.+python([0-9.]+)[a-z]*-config" "\\1" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_VERSION "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}")
-    _python_get_path_suffixes (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_VERSION} LIBRARY)
-    _python_get_names (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG_VERSION} POSIX LIBRARY)
-
-    execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --configdir
-                     RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR
-                     ERROR_QUIET
-                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if (NOT _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-      list (APPEND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR}")
+    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG)
+      string (REGEX REPLACE "^.+python([0-9.]+)[a-z]*-config" "\\1" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_VERSION "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}")
+    else()
+      set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_VERSION "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_MAJOR}.${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSION_MINOR}")
     endif()
+    _python_get_path_suffixes (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_VERSION} LIBRARY)
+    _python_get_names (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES VERSION ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_VERSION} POSIX LIBRARY)
+
+    _python_get_config_var (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR CONFIGDIR)
+    list (APPEND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIGDIR}")
 
     list (APPEND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR}" ENV ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR)
 
@@ -1344,28 +1469,23 @@
     endif()
 
     # retrieve include directory
-    execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --includes
-                     RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FLAGS
-                     ERROR_QUIET
-                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if (NOT _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-      # retrieve include directory
-      string (REGEX MATCHALL "-I[^ ]+" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FLAGS}")
-      string (REPLACE "-I" "" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-      list (REMOVE_DUPLICATES _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+    _python_get_config_var (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS INCLUDES)
 
-      find_path (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR
-                 NAMES Python.h
-                 HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                 NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
-                 NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
-    endif()
+    find_path (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR
+               NAMES Python.h
+               HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+               NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
+               NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
   endif()
 
-  # Rely on HINTS and standard paths if config tool failed to locate artifacts
+  # Rely on HINTS and standard paths if interpreter or config tool failed to locate artifacts
   if (NOT ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_RELEASE OR NOT ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_BASE_HINTS})
+    set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR}" ENV ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_ROOT_DIR)
+
+    unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS)
+    if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_VIRTUALENV MATCHES "^(FIRST|ONLY)$")
+      set (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS ENV VIRTUAL_ENV)
+    endif()
 
     if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FIND_STRATEGY STREQUAL "LOCATION")
       unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES)
@@ -1399,7 +1519,8 @@
                       NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES}
                       NAMES_PER_DIR
                       HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                            ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
                       PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                       NO_CMAKE_PATH
                       NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
@@ -1412,7 +1533,8 @@
                       NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES}
                       NAMES_PER_DIR
                       HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
+                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                            ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                       PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                       NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
                       NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
@@ -1423,6 +1545,7 @@
                     NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES}
                     NAMES_PER_DIR
                     HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
+                    PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
                     PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                     NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
                     NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
@@ -1474,7 +1597,8 @@
                           NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES_DEBUG}
                           NAMES_PER_DIR
                           HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                          PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
+                          PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                                ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                           PATH_SUFFIXES lib libs
                           NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
                           NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
@@ -1484,7 +1608,8 @@
                         NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES_DEBUG}
                         NAMES_PER_DIR
                         HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                        PATHS ${__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
+                        PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                              ${__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                         PATH_SUFFIXES lib libs)
 
           # extract version from library name
@@ -1510,7 +1635,8 @@
                         NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES}
                         NAMES_PER_DIR
                         HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                        PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                        PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                              ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
                         PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                         NO_CMAKE_PATH
                         NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
@@ -1523,7 +1649,8 @@
                         NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES}
                         NAMES_PER_DIR
                         HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                        PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
+                        PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                              ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                         PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                         NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
                         NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
@@ -1534,6 +1661,7 @@
                       NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES}
                       NAMES_PER_DIR
                       HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
+                      PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
                       PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                       NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
                       NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
@@ -1575,7 +1703,8 @@
                             NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES_DEBUG}
                             NAMES_PER_DIR
                             HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                            PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
+                            PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                                  ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                             PATH_SUFFIXES lib libs
                             NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
                             NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
@@ -1585,7 +1714,8 @@
                           NAMES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB_NAMES_DEBUG}
                           NAMES_PER_DIR
                           HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                          PATHS ${__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
+                          PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                                ${__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                           PATH_SUFFIXES lib libs)
           endif()
         endif()
@@ -1623,20 +1753,6 @@
     if (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_RELEASE OR ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
       unset (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_HINTS)
 
-      if (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE)
-        # pick up include directory from configuration
-        execute_process (COMMAND "${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_EXECUTABLE}" -c
-                                 "import sys; import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(sysconfig.get_path('include'))"
-                         RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH
-                         ERROR_QUIET
-                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-        if (NOT _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-          file (TO_CMAKE_PATH "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH}" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH)
-          list (APPEND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_HINTS "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH}")
-        endif()
-      endif()
-
       foreach (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB IN ITEMS ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_RELEASE ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
         if (${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIB})
           # Use the library's install prefix as a hint
@@ -1664,7 +1780,8 @@
         find_path (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR
                    NAMES Python.h
                    HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_HINTS} ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                   PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                   PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                         ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
                    PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                    NO_CMAKE_PATH
                    NO_CMAKE_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
@@ -1676,7 +1793,8 @@
         find_path (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR
                    NAMES Python.h
                    HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_HINTS} ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                   PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
+                   PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                         ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                    PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                    NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
                    NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH)
@@ -1697,7 +1815,8 @@
       find_path (${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR
                  NAMES Python.h
                  HINTS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_INCLUDE_HINTS} ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_HINTS}
-                 PATHS ${__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
+                 PATHS ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VIRTUALENV_PATHS}
+                       ${__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_PATHS}
                        ${__${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REGISTRY_PATHS}
                  PATH_SUFFIXES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_PATH_SUFFIXES}
                  NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH
@@ -1896,20 +2015,10 @@
         endif()
       endif()
 
-      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG AND _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "STATIC")
+      if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "STATIC")
         # extend link information with dependent libraries
-        execute_process (COMMAND "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_CONFIG}" --ldflags
-                         RESULT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT
-                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FLAGS
-                         ERROR_QUIET
-                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-        if (NOT _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_RESULT)
-          string (REGEX MATCHALL "-[Ll][^ ]+" _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LINK_LIBRARIES "${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_FLAGS}")
-          # remove elements relative to python library itself
-          list (FILTER _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LINK_LIBRARIES EXCLUDE REGEX "-lpython")
-          foreach (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_DIR IN LISTS ${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LIBRARY_DIRS)
-            list (FILTER _${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LINK_LIBRARIES EXCLUDE REGEX "-L${${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_DIR}")
-          endforeach()
+        _python_get_config_var (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LINK_LIBRARIES LIBS)
+        if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LINK_LIBRARIES)
           set_property (TARGET ${__name}
                         PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_LINK_LIBRARIES})
         endif()
diff --git a/Modules/FindPython2.cmake b/Modules/FindPython2.cmake
index 8372ce7..82878ea 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPython2.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPython2.cmake
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@
     ``NEVER`` to select preferably the interpreter from the virtual
     environment.
 
+  .. note::
+
+    If the component ``Development`` is requested, it is **strongly**
+    recommended to also include the component ``Interpreter`` to get expected
+    result.
+
 Commands
 ^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindPython3.cmake b/Modules/FindPython3.cmake
index c8d9f24..417a789 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPython3.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPython3.cmake
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@
     ``NEVER`` to select preferably the interpreter from the virtual
     environment.
 
+  .. note::
+
+    If the component ``Development`` is requested, it is **strongly**
+    recommended to also include the component ``Interpreter`` to get expected
+    result.
+
 Commands
 ^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/Source/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
index b1f4ca5..7cd07a8 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@
   ${CMake_HAIKU_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   )
 
-# let cmake know it is supposed to use it
-add_definitions(-DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
-
 # Check if we can build the ELF parser.
 if(CMAKE_USE_ELF_PARSER)
   set(ELF_SRCS cmELF.h cmELF.cxx)
@@ -639,6 +636,8 @@
   cmStringReplaceHelper.cxx
   cmStringCommand.cxx
   cmStringCommand.h
+  cmSubcommandTable.cxx
+  cmSubcommandTable.h
   cmSubdirCommand.cxx
   cmSubdirCommand.h
   cmSubdirDependsCommand.cxx
diff --git a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
index e6d5e9d..40a4ee6 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
+++ b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CMake version number components.
 set(CMake_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
 set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 15)
-set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 20190806)
+set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 20190813)
 #set(CMake_VERSION_RC 0)
 set(CMake_VERSION_IS_DIRTY 0)
 
diff --git a/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx b/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx
index a075a17..f130e05 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWInstaller.cxx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "cmCPackIFWRepository.h"
 #include "cmCPackLog.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "cmGeneratedFileStream.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmXMLParser.h"
 #include "cmXMLWriter.h"
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@
   {
     if (this->file) {
       std::string content(data, data + length);
-      content = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(content);
+      content = cmTrimWhitespace(content);
       std::string source = this->basePath + "/" + content;
       std::string destination = this->path + "/" + content;
       if (!cmSystemTools::CopyFileIfDifferent(source, destination)) {
diff --git a/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCMakeToWixPath.cxx b/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCMakeToWixPath.cxx
index b3889cf..630a8f8 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCMakeToWixPath.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/WiX/cmCMakeToWixPath.cxx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
 #include "cmCMakeToWixPath.h"
 
-#include "cmSystemTools.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     return cygpath;
   }
 
-  return cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(winpath_chars.data());
+  return cmTrimWhitespace(winpath_chars.data());
 }
 #else
 std::string CMakeToWixPath(const std::string& path)
diff --git a/Source/CPack/WiX/cmWIXAccessControlList.cxx b/Source/CPack/WiX/cmWIXAccessControlList.cxx
index 563de02..b5e287d 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/WiX/cmWIXAccessControlList.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/WiX/cmWIXAccessControlList.cxx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "cmCPackGenerator.h"
 
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 cmWIXAccessControlList::cmWIXAccessControlList(
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@
     user = user_and_domain;
   }
 
-  std::vector<std::string> permissions =
-    cmSystemTools::tokenize(permission_string, ",");
+  std::vector<std::string> permissions = cmTokenize(permission_string, ",");
 
   this->SourceWriter.BeginElement("Permission");
   this->SourceWriter.AddAttribute("User", user);
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@
     this->SourceWriter.AddAttribute("Domain", domain);
   }
   for (std::string const& permission : permissions) {
-    this->EmitBooleanAttribute(entry,
-                               cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(permission));
+    this->EmitBooleanAttribute(entry, cmTrimWhitespace(permission));
   }
   this->SourceWriter.EndElement("Permission");
 }
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
index 89c3b1c..ae56adb 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmsys/ConsoleBuf.hxx"
 #endif
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
   cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Replace streambuf so we can output Unicode to console
   cmsys::ConsoleBuf::Manager consoleOut(std::cout);
   consoleOut.SetUTF8Pipes();
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx
index 407e9f8..b98a4e3 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildHandler.cxx
@@ -385,11 +385,8 @@
   if (this->CTest->GetCTestConfiguration("SourceDirectory").size() > 20) {
     std::string srcdir =
       this->CTest->GetCTestConfiguration("SourceDirectory") + "/";
-    std::string srcdirrep;
     for (cc = srcdir.size() - 2; cc > 0; cc--) {
       if (srcdir[cc] == '/') {
-        srcdirrep = srcdir.substr(cc);
-        srcdirrep = "/..." + srcdirrep;
         srcdir = srcdir.substr(0, cc + 1);
         break;
       }
@@ -399,11 +396,8 @@
   if (this->CTest->GetCTestConfiguration("BuildDirectory").size() > 20) {
     std::string bindir =
       this->CTest->GetCTestConfiguration("BuildDirectory") + "/";
-    std::string bindirrep;
     for (cc = bindir.size() - 2; cc > 0; cc--) {
       if (bindir[cc] == '/') {
-        bindirrep = bindir.substr(cc);
-        bindirrep = "/..." + bindirrep;
         bindir = bindir.substr(0, cc + 1);
         break;
       }
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestLaunch.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestLaunch.cxx
index bbf490e..739cc58 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestLaunch.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestLaunch.cxx
@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@
       continue;
     }
     if (this->Match(line, this->RegexWarningSuppress)) {
-      line = "[CTest: warning suppressed] " + line;
+      line = cmStrCat("[CTest: warning suppressed] ", line);
     } else if (this->Match(line, this->RegexWarning)) {
-      line = "[CTest: warning matched] " + line;
+      line = cmStrCat("[CTest: warning matched] ", line);
     }
     e4.Content(sep);
     e4.Content(line);
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestRunTest.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestRunTest.cxx
index 65cf646..fb91322 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestRunTest.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestRunTest.cxx
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
 
   this->TestProcess->SetTimeout(timeout);
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmSystemTools::SaveRestoreEnvironment sre;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx
index f8d9f1b..58f88be 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "cmState.h"
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
 
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@
 int cmCTestScriptHandler::RunConfigurationScript(
   const std::string& total_script_arg, bool pscope)
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmSystemTools::SaveRestoreEnvironment sre;
 #endif
 
@@ -663,8 +664,8 @@
         fullCommand, &output, &output, &retVal, cvsArgs[0].c_str(),
         this->HandlerVerbose, cmDuration::zero() /*this->TimeOut*/);
       if (!res || retVal != 0) {
-        cmSystemTools::Error("Unable to perform extra updates:\n" + eu +
-                             "\nWith output:\n" + output);
+        cmSystemTools::Error(cmStrCat("Unable to perform extra updates:\n", eu,
+                                      "\nWith output:\n", output));
         return 0;
       }
     }
@@ -934,7 +935,7 @@
       continue;
     }
 
-    std::string fullPath = directoryPath + std::string("/") + path;
+    std::string fullPath = cmStrCat(directoryPath, "/", path);
 
     bool isDirectory = cmSystemTools::FileIsDirectory(fullPath) &&
       !cmSystemTools::FileIsSymlink(fullPath);
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
index 2c6ff83..17ef350 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
       std::string local_file = file;
       bool initialize_cdash_buildid = false;
       if (!cmSystemTools::FileExists(local_file)) {
-        local_file = localprefix + "/" + file;
+        local_file = cmStrCat(localprefix, "/", file);
         // If this file exists within the local Testing directory we assume
         // that it will be associated with the current build in CDash.
         initialize_cdash_buildid = true;
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@
                      << remote_file << std::endl;
 
       std::string ofile = cmSystemTools::EncodeURL(remote_file);
-      std::string upload_as = url +
-        ((url.find('?') == std::string::npos) ? '?' : '&') +
-        "FileName=" + ofile;
+      std::string upload_as =
+        cmStrCat(url, ((url.find('?') == std::string::npos) ? '?' : '&'),
+                 "FileName=", ofile);
 
       if (initialize_cdash_buildid) {
         // Provide extra arguments to CDash so that it can initialize and
diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmParseCoberturaCoverage.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmParseCoberturaCoverage.cxx
index 848a034..e0186c9 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmParseCoberturaCoverage.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmParseCoberturaCoverage.cxx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "cmCTest.h"
 #include "cmCTestCoverageHandler.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmXMLParser.h"
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
             // Check if this is a path that is relative to our source or
             // binary directories.
             for (std::string const& filePath : FilePaths) {
-              finalpath = filePath + "/" + filename;
+              finalpath = cmStrCat(filePath, "/", filename);
               if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(finalpath)) {
                 this->CurFileName = finalpath;
                 break;
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
           cmsys::ifstream fin(this->CurFileName.c_str());
           if (this->CurFileName.empty() || !fin) {
             this->CurFileName =
-              this->Coverage.BinaryDir + "/" + atts[tagCount + 1];
+              cmStrCat(this->Coverage.BinaryDir, "/", atts[tagCount + 1]);
             fin.open(this->CurFileName.c_str());
             if (!fin) {
               cmCTestOptionalLog(this->CTest, HANDLER_VERBOSE_OUTPUT,
diff --git a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
index 9ea88d3..e90a603 100644
--- a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
+++ b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string>
 
-#if !defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  error "cmArchiveWrite not allowed during bootstrap build!"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Source/cmBinUtilsLinuxELFLinker.cxx b/Source/cmBinUtilsLinuxELFLinker.cxx
index 86846cb..6316a29 100644
--- a/Source/cmBinUtilsLinuxELFLinker.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmBinUtilsLinuxELFLinker.cxx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmMessageType.h"
 #include "cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 #include <cmsys/RegularExpression.hxx>
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@
   std::string& path, bool& resolved)
 {
   for (auto const& searchPath : searchPaths) {
-    path = searchPath + '/' + name;
+    path = cmStrCat(searchPath, '/', name);
     if (cmSystemTools::PathExists(path)) {
       resolved = true;
       return true;
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
   }
 
   for (auto const& searchPath : this->Archive->GetSearchDirectories()) {
-    path = searchPath + '/' + name;
+    path = cmStrCat(searchPath, '/', name);
     if (cmSystemTools::PathExists(path)) {
       std::ostringstream warning;
       warning << "Dependency " << name << " found in search directory:\n  "
diff --git a/Source/cmBinUtilsWindowsPELinker.cxx b/Source/cmBinUtilsWindowsPELinker.cxx
index 31602c4..5a9ad66 100644
--- a/Source/cmBinUtilsWindowsPELinker.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmBinUtilsWindowsPELinker.cxx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "cmBinUtilsWindowsPEDumpbinGetRuntimeDependenciesTool.h"
 #include "cmBinUtilsWindowsPEObjdumpGetRuntimeDependenciesTool.h"
 #include "cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
   dirs.insert(dirs.begin(), origin);
 
   for (auto const& searchPath : dirs) {
-    path = searchPath + '/' + name;
+    path = cmStrCat(searchPath, '/', name);
     if (cmSystemTools::PathExists(path)) {
       resolved = true;
       return true;
diff --git a/Source/cmCTest.cxx b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
index 026250d..c0ca73b 100644
--- a/Source/cmCTest.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
@@ -2423,7 +2423,7 @@
   cmCTestBuildAndTestHandler* handler = this->GetBuildAndTestHandler();
   int retv = handler->ProcessHandler();
   *output = handler->GetOutput();
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmDynamicLoader::FlushCache();
 #endif
   if (retv != 0) {
diff --git a/Source/cmCommandArgumentParserHelper.cxx b/Source/cmCommandArgumentParserHelper.cxx
index ca29967..5583520 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommandArgumentParserHelper.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCommandArgumentParserHelper.cxx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "cmCommandArgumentLexer.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmState.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
     std::string str;
     if (cmSystemTools::GetEnv(var, str)) {
       if (this->EscapeQuotes) {
-        return this->AddString(cmSystemTools::EscapeQuotes(str));
+        return this->AddString(cmEscapeQuotes(str));
       }
       return this->AddString(str);
     }
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
     if (const std::string* c =
           this->Makefile->GetState()->GetInitializedCacheValue(var)) {
       if (this->EscapeQuotes) {
-        return this->AddString(cmSystemTools::EscapeQuotes(*c));
+        return this->AddString(cmEscapeQuotes(*c));
       }
       return this->AddString(*c);
     }
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
     }
   }
   if (this->EscapeQuotes && value) {
-    return this->AddString(cmSystemTools::EscapeQuotes(value));
+    return this->AddString(cmEscapeQuotes(value));
   }
   return this->AddString(value ? value : "");
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmCommands.cxx b/Source/cmCommands.cxx
index 9e3341d..8565e1c 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommands.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCommands.cxx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 #include "cmUnsetCommand.h"
 #include "cmWhileCommand.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmAddCompileOptionsCommand.h"
 #  include "cmAddLinkOptionsCommand.h"
 #  include "cmAuxSourceDirectoryCommand.h"
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                            cm::make_unique<cmExecProgramCommand>());
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("execute_process",
                            cm::make_unique<cmExecuteProcessCommand>());
-  state->AddBuiltinCommand("file", cm::make_unique<cmFileCommand>());
+  state->AddBuiltinCommand("file", cmFileCommand);
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("find_file", cm::make_unique<cmFindFileCommand>());
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("find_library",
                            cm::make_unique<cmFindLibraryCommand>());
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
     "WHILE ENDWHILE structure. Or its arguments did not "
     "match the opening WHILE command.");
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   state->AddBuiltinCommand(
     "cmake_host_system_information",
     cm::make_unique<cmCMakeHostSystemInformationCommand>());
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
                            cm::make_unique<cmTryCompileCommand>());
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("try_run", cm::make_unique<cmTryRunCommand>());
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_compile_definitions",
                            cmAddCompileDefinitionsCommand);
   state->AddBuiltinCommand("add_compile_options", cmAddCompileOptionsCommand);
diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
index 5f46631..4aa18f2 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@
               cmSystemTools::IsSubDirectory(d, topBinaryDir)) {
             d = cmSystemTools::RelativePath(targetOutputDir, d);
             if (!d.empty()) {
-              d = originToken + "/" + d;
+              d = cmStrCat(originToken, "/", d);
             } else {
               d = originToken;
             }
diff --git a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
index d2a4148..85ff0a6 100644
--- a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
     } else if (doing == DoingLinkOptions) {
       linkOptions.push_back(argv[i]);
     } else if (doing == DoingLinkLibraries) {
-      libsToLink += "\"" + cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(argv[i]) + "\" ";
+      libsToLink += "\"" + cmTrimWhitespace(argv[i]) + "\" ";
       if (cmTarget* tgt = this->Makefile->FindTargetToUse(argv[i])) {
         switch (tgt->GetType()) {
           case cmStateEnums::SHARED_LIBRARY:
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
     for (std::string const& li : testLangs) {
       projectLangs += " " + li;
       std::string rulesOverrideBase = "CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE";
-      std::string rulesOverrideLang = rulesOverrideBase + "_" + li;
+      std::string rulesOverrideLang = cmStrCat(rulesOverrideBase, "_", li);
       if (const char* rulesOverridePath =
             this->Makefile->GetDefinition(rulesOverrideLang)) {
         fprintf(fout, "set(%s \"%s\")\n", rulesOverrideLang.c_str(),
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@
         std::string const cfg =
           !tcConfig.empty() ? cmSystemTools::UpperCase(tcConfig) : cfgDefault;
         for (std::string const& li : testLangs) {
-          std::string const langFlagsCfg = "CMAKE_" + li + "_FLAGS_" + cfg;
+          std::string const langFlagsCfg =
+            cmStrCat("CMAKE_", li, "_FLAGS_", cfg);
           const char* flagsCfg = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(langFlagsCfg);
           fprintf(fout, "set(%s %s)\n", langFlagsCfg.c_str(),
                   cmOutputConverter::EscapeForCMake(flagsCfg ? flagsCfg : "")
diff --git a/Source/cmDefinitions.cxx b/Source/cmDefinitions.cxx
index 42e70d6..cc38d84 100644
--- a/Source/cmDefinitions.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDefinitions.cxx
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
    file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
 #include "cmDefinitions.h"
 
+#include "cm_string_view.hxx"
+
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <set>
+#include <functional>
+#include <unordered_set>
 #include <utility>
 
 cmDefinitions::Def cmDefinitions::NoDef;
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@
 {
   assert(begin != end);
   {
-    MapType::iterator it = begin->Map.find(key);
+    auto it = begin->Map.find(key);
     if (it != begin->Map.end()) {
       it->second.Used = true;
       return it->second;
@@ -56,6 +59,46 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+cmDefinitions cmDefinitions::MakeClosure(StackIter begin, StackIter end)
+{
+  cmDefinitions closure;
+  std::unordered_set<cm::string_view> undefined;
+  for (StackIter it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
+    // Consider local definitions.
+    for (auto const& mi : it->Map) {
+      // Use this key if it is not already set or unset.
+      if (closure.Map.find(mi.first) == closure.Map.end() &&
+          undefined.find(mi.first) == undefined.end()) {
+        if (mi.second.Exists) {
+          closure.Map.insert(mi);
+        } else {
+          undefined.emplace(mi.first);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return closure;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> cmDefinitions::ClosureKeys(StackIter begin,
+                                                    StackIter end)
+{
+  std::vector<std::string> defined;
+  std::unordered_set<cm::string_view> bound;
+
+  for (StackIter it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
+    defined.reserve(defined.size() + it->Map.size());
+    for (auto const& mi : it->Map) {
+      // Use this key if it is not already set or unset.
+      if (bound.emplace(mi.first).second && mi.second.Exists) {
+        defined.push_back(mi.first);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return defined;
+}
+
 void cmDefinitions::Set(const std::string& key, cm::string_view value)
 {
   this->Map[key] = Def(value);
@@ -78,43 +121,3 @@
   }
   return keys;
 }
-
-cmDefinitions cmDefinitions::MakeClosure(StackIter begin, StackIter end)
-{
-  cmDefinitions closure;
-  std::set<std::string> undefined;
-  for (StackIter it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
-    // Consider local definitions.
-    for (auto const& mi : it->Map) {
-      // Use this key if it is not already set or unset.
-      if (closure.Map.find(mi.first) == closure.Map.end() &&
-          undefined.find(mi.first) == undefined.end()) {
-        if (mi.second.Exists) {
-          closure.Map.insert(mi);
-        } else {
-          undefined.insert(mi.first);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return closure;
-}
-
-std::vector<std::string> cmDefinitions::ClosureKeys(StackIter begin,
-                                                    StackIter end)
-{
-  std::vector<std::string> defined;
-  std::set<std::string> bound;
-
-  for (StackIter it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
-    defined.reserve(defined.size() + it->Map.size());
-    for (auto const& mi : it->Map) {
-      // Use this key if it is not already set or unset.
-      if (bound.insert(mi.first).second && mi.second.Exists) {
-        defined.push_back(mi.first);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return defined;
-}
diff --git a/Source/cmDefinitions.h b/Source/cmDefinitions.h
index 4d8810a..787471a 100644
--- a/Source/cmDefinitions.h
+++ b/Source/cmDefinitions.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
   typedef cmLinkedTree<cmDefinitions>::iterator StackIter;
 
 public:
+  // -- Static member functions
+
   static const std::string* Get(const std::string& key, StackIter begin,
                                 StackIter end);
 
@@ -32,18 +34,21 @@
 
   static bool HasKey(const std::string& key, StackIter begin, StackIter end);
 
+  static std::vector<std::string> ClosureKeys(StackIter begin, StackIter end);
+
+  static cmDefinitions MakeClosure(StackIter begin, StackIter end);
+
+  // -- Member functions
+
   /** Set a value associated with a key.  */
   void Set(const std::string& key, cm::string_view value);
 
   /** Unset a definition.  */
   void Unset(const std::string& key);
 
+  /** List of unused keys.  */
   std::vector<std::string> UnusedKeys() const;
 
-  static std::vector<std::string> ClosureKeys(StackIter begin, StackIter end);
-
-  static cmDefinitions MakeClosure(StackIter begin, StackIter end);
-
 private:
   /** String with existence boolean.  */
   struct Def
@@ -61,8 +66,7 @@
   };
   static Def NoDef;
 
-  typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, Def> MapType;
-  MapType Map;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, Def> Map;
 
   static Def const& GetInternal(const std::string& key, StackIter begin,
                                 StackIter end, bool raise);
diff --git a/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h b/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h
index bcacc2f..654922c 100644
--- a/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h
+++ b/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@
   {
   }
 
-  void Clear()
-  {
-    this->Error = "unknown error.";
-    this->ReturnInvoked = false;
-    this->BreakInvoked = false;
-    this->ContinueInvoked = false;
-    this->NestedError = false;
-  }
-
   cmMakefile& GetMakefile() { return this->Makefile; }
 
   void SetError(std::string const& e) { this->Error = e; }
diff --git a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
index ab4a62b..4bc2d1b 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
     std::vector<std::string> objects;
     itgen->GetInstallObjectNames(config, objects);
     for (std::string& obj : objects) {
-      obj = value + obj;
+      obj = cmStrCat(value, obj);
     }
 
     // Store the property.
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx
index f47744b..4146db8 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "cmRange.h"
 #include "cmSourceFile.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmXMLWriter.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
@@ -178,18 +179,18 @@
 {
   for (std::string const& f : files) {
     xml.StartElement("Unit");
-    xml.Attribute("filename", fsPath + path + "/" + f);
+    xml.Attribute("filename", cmStrCat(fsPath, path, "/", f));
 
     xml.StartElement("Option");
     xml.Attribute("virtualFolder",
-                  "CMake Files\\" + virtualFolderPath + path + "\\");
+                  cmStrCat("CMake Files\\", virtualFolderPath, path, "\\"));
     xml.EndElement();
 
     xml.EndElement();
   }
   for (Tree const& folder : folders) {
-    folder.BuildUnitImpl(xml, virtualFolderPath + path + "\\",
-                         fsPath + path + "/");
+    folder.BuildUnitImpl(xml, cmStrCat(virtualFolderPath, path, "\\"),
+                         cmStrCat(fsPath, path, "/"));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx
index 30b3f0d..70e9a36 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmSourceFile.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmXMLWriter.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
       cmStateEnums::TargetType type = lt->GetType();
       std::string const& outputDir = lg->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
       std::string targetName = lt->GetName();
-      std::string filename = outputDir + "/" + targetName + ".project";
+      std::string filename = cmStrCat(outputDir, "/", targetName, ".project");
       retval.push_back(targetName);
       // Make the project file relative to the workspace
       std::string relafilename =
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
         case cmStateEnums::SHARED_LIBRARY:
         case cmStateEnums::STATIC_LIBRARY:
         case cmStateEnums::MODULE_LIBRARY:
-          visualname = "lib" + visualname;
+          visualname = cmStrCat("lib", visualname);
           CM_FALLTHROUGH;
         case cmStateEnums::EXECUTABLE:
           xml->StartElement("Project");
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
     std::string const& outputDir = it.second[0]->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
     std::string projectName = it.second[0]->GetProjectName();
     retval.push_back(projectName);
-    std::string filename = outputDir + "/" + projectName + ".project";
+    std::string filename = cmStrCat(outputDir, "/", projectName, ".project");
 
     // Make the project file relative to the workspace
     filename = cmSystemTools::RelativePath(this->WorkspacePath, filename);
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
index 71c8fcd..67773e0 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "cmMessageType.h"
 #include "cmSourceFile.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@
         R"((^|[ ])-[DIOUWfgs][^= ]+(=\"[^"]+\"|=[^"][^ ]+)?)";
       flagRegex.compile(regexString);
       std::string workString =
-        flagsString + " " + definesString + " " + includesString;
+        cmStrCat(flagsString, " ", definesString, " ", includesString);
       while (flagRegex.find(workString)) {
         std::string::size_type start = flagRegex.start();
         if (workString[start] == ' ') {
diff --git a/Source/cmFLTKWrapUICommand.cxx b/Source/cmFLTKWrapUICommand.cxx
index b7a2b27..ccd6be9 100644
--- a/Source/cmFLTKWrapUICommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFLTKWrapUICommand.cxx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmRange.h"
 #include "cmSourceFile.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 class cmExecutionStatus;
@@ -66,18 +67,15 @@
     // if we should use the source GUI
     // to generate .cxx and .h files
     if (!curr || !curr->GetPropertyAsBool("WRAP_EXCLUDE")) {
-      std::string outName = outputDirectory;
-      outName += "/";
-      outName += cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutExtension(arg);
-      std::string hname = outName;
-      hname += ".h";
-      std::string origname = cdir + "/" + arg;
+      std::string outName = cmStrCat(
+        outputDirectory, "/", cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutExtension(arg));
+      std::string hname = cmStrCat(outName, ".h");
+      std::string origname = cmStrCat(cdir, "/", arg);
       // add starting depends
       std::vector<std::string> depends;
       depends.push_back(origname);
       depends.push_back(fluid_exe);
-      std::string cxxres = outName;
-      cxxres += ".cxx";
+      std::string cxxres = cmStrCat(outName, ".cxx");
 
       cmCustomCommandLine commandLine;
       commandLine.push_back(fluid_exe);
diff --git a/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx b/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx
index 2594287..aee42d7 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   std::vector<std::string> files = this->LoadDir(reply_dir);
   for (std::string const& f : files) {
     if (this->ReplyFiles.find(f) == this->ReplyFiles.end()) {
-      std::string file = reply_dir + "/" + f;
+      std::string file = cmStrCat(reply_dir, "/", f);
       cmSystemTools::RemoveFile(file);
     }
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx b/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx
index 172897c..e4b7670 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileAPICodemodel.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 #include "cmTargetDepend.h"
@@ -1270,11 +1271,11 @@
   lg->GetTargetFlags(&linkLineComputer, this->Config, linkLibs,
                      linkLanguageFlags, linkFlags, frameworkPath, linkPath,
                      this->GT);
-  linkLanguageFlags = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkLanguageFlags);
-  linkFlags = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkFlags);
-  frameworkPath = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(frameworkPath);
-  linkPath = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkPath);
-  linkLibs = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkLibs);
+  linkLanguageFlags = cmTrimWhitespace(linkLanguageFlags);
+  linkFlags = cmTrimWhitespace(linkFlags);
+  frameworkPath = cmTrimWhitespace(frameworkPath);
+  linkPath = cmTrimWhitespace(linkPath);
+  linkLibs = cmTrimWhitespace(linkLibs);
 
   if (!linkLanguageFlags.empty()) {
     linkFragments.append(
diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
index 22f0d1f..fd319f6 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "cmAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmArgumentParser.h"
 #include "cmCryptoHash.h"
+#include "cmExecutionStatus.h"
 #include "cmFileCopier.h"
 #include "cmFileInstaller.h"
 #include "cmFileLockPool.h"
@@ -40,12 +41,13 @@
 #include "cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.h"
 #include "cmState.h"
 #include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
+#include "cmSubcommandTable.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmTimestamp.h"
 #include "cm_sys_stat.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmCurl.h"
 #  include "cmFileLockResult.h"
 #  include "cm_curl.h"
@@ -59,10 +61,12 @@
 #  include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
+namespace {
+
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 // libcurl doesn't support file:// urls for unicode filenames on Windows.
 // Convert string from UTF-8 to ACP if this is a file:// URL.
-static std::string fix_file_url_windows(const std::string& url)
+std::string fix_file_url_windows(const std::string& url)
 {
   std::string ret = url;
   if (strncmp(url.c_str(), "file://", 7) == 0) {
@@ -84,123 +88,8 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-// cmLibraryCommand
-bool cmFileCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
-                                cmExecutionStatus&)
-{
-  if (args.size() < 2) {
-    this->SetError("must be called with at least two arguments.");
-    return false;
-  }
-  std::string const& subCommand = args[0];
-  if (subCommand == "WRITE") {
-    return this->HandleWriteCommand(args, false);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "APPEND") {
-    return this->HandleWriteCommand(args, true);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "DOWNLOAD") {
-    return this->HandleDownloadCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "UPLOAD") {
-    return this->HandleUploadCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "READ") {
-    return this->HandleReadCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "MD5" || subCommand == "SHA1" || subCommand == "SHA224" ||
-      subCommand == "SHA256" || subCommand == "SHA384" ||
-      subCommand == "SHA512" || subCommand == "SHA3_224" ||
-      subCommand == "SHA3_256" || subCommand == "SHA3_384" ||
-      subCommand == "SHA3_512") {
-    return this->HandleHashCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "STRINGS") {
-    return this->HandleStringsCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "GLOB") {
-    return this->HandleGlobCommand(args, false);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "GLOB_RECURSE") {
-    return this->HandleGlobCommand(args, true);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "MAKE_DIRECTORY") {
-    return this->HandleMakeDirectoryCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "RENAME") {
-    return this->HandleRename(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "REMOVE") {
-    return this->HandleRemove(args, false);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "REMOVE_RECURSE") {
-    return this->HandleRemove(args, true);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "COPY") {
-    return this->HandleCopyCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "INSTALL") {
-    return this->HandleInstallCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "DIFFERENT") {
-    return this->HandleDifferentCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "RPATH_CHANGE" || subCommand == "CHRPATH") {
-    return this->HandleRPathChangeCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "RPATH_CHECK") {
-    return this->HandleRPathCheckCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "RPATH_REMOVE") {
-    return this->HandleRPathRemoveCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "READ_ELF") {
-    return this->HandleReadElfCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "RELATIVE_PATH") {
-    return this->HandleRelativePathCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "TO_CMAKE_PATH") {
-    return this->HandleCMakePathCommand(args, false);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "TO_NATIVE_PATH") {
-    return this->HandleCMakePathCommand(args, true);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "TOUCH") {
-    return this->HandleTouchCommand(args, true);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "TOUCH_NOCREATE") {
-    return this->HandleTouchCommand(args, false);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "TIMESTAMP") {
-    return this->HandleTimestampCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "GENERATE") {
-    return this->HandleGenerateCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "LOCK") {
-    return this->HandleLockCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "SIZE") {
-    return this->HandleSizeCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "READ_SYMLINK") {
-    return this->HandleReadSymlinkCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "CREATE_LINK") {
-    return this->HandleCreateLinkCommand(args);
-  }
-  if (subCommand == "GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES") {
-    return this->HandleGetRuntimeDependenciesCommand(args);
-  }
-
-  std::string e = "does not recognize sub-command " + subCommand;
-  this->SetError(e);
-  return false;
-}
-
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleWriteCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
-                                       bool append)
+bool HandleWriteImpl(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool append,
+                     cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = args.begin();
 
@@ -208,16 +97,16 @@
 
   std::string fileName = *i;
   if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(*i)) {
-    fileName = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+    fileName = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
     fileName += "/" + *i;
   }
 
   i++;
 
-  if (!this->Makefile->CanIWriteThisFile(fileName)) {
+  if (!status.GetMakefile().CanIWriteThisFile(fileName)) {
     std::string e =
       "attempted to write a file: " + fileName + " into a source directory.";
-    this->SetError(e);
+    status.SetError(e);
     cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
     return false;
   }
@@ -249,7 +138,7 @@
     error += cmSystemTools::GetLastSystemError();
     error += "):\n  ";
     error += fileName;
-    this->SetError(error);
+    status.SetError(error);
     return false;
   }
   std::string message = cmJoin(cmMakeRange(i, args.end()), std::string());
@@ -259,7 +148,7 @@
     error += cmSystemTools::GetLastSystemError();
     error += "):\n  ";
     error += fileName;
-    this->SetError(error);
+    status.SetError(error);
     return false;
   }
   file.close();
@@ -269,11 +158,24 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleReadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleWriteCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                        cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleWriteImpl(args, false, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleAppendCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                         cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleWriteImpl(args, true, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleReadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() < 3) {
-    this->SetError("READ must be called with at least two additional "
-                   "arguments");
+    status.SetError("READ must be called with at least two additional "
+                    "arguments");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -296,7 +198,7 @@
 
   std::string fileName = fileNameArg;
   if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(fileName)) {
-    fileName = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+    fileName = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
     fileName += "/" + fileNameArg;
   }
 
@@ -314,7 +216,7 @@
     error += cmSystemTools::GetLastSystemError();
     error += "):\n  ";
     error += fileName;
-    this->SetError(error);
+    status.SetError(error);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -366,17 +268,18 @@
       }
     }
   }
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(variable, output);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(variable, output);
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleHashCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleHashCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   if (args.size() != 3) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << args[0] << " requires a file name and output variable";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -384,34 +287,35 @@
   if (hash) {
     std::string out = hash->HashFile(args[1]);
     if (!out.empty()) {
-      this->Makefile->AddDefinition(args[2], out);
+      status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(args[2], out);
       return true;
     }
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << args[0] << " failed to read file \"" << args[1]
       << "\": " << cmSystemTools::GetLastSystemError();
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
   }
   return false;
 #else
   std::ostringstream e;
   e << args[0] << " not available during bootstrap";
-  this->SetError(e.str());
+  status.SetError(e.str());
   return false;
 #endif
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleStringsCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleStringsCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                          cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() < 3) {
-    this->SetError("STRINGS requires a file name and output variable");
+    status.SetError("STRINGS requires a file name and output variable");
     return false;
   }
 
   // Get the file to read.
   std::string fileName = args[1];
   if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(fileName)) {
-    fileName = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+    fileName = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
     fileName += "/" + args[1];
   }
 
@@ -478,7 +382,7 @@
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "STRINGS option LIMIT_INPUT value \"" << args[i]
           << "\" is not an unsigned integer.";
-        this->SetError(e.str());
+        status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
       arg_mode = arg_none;
@@ -488,7 +392,7 @@
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "STRINGS option LIMIT_OUTPUT value \"" << args[i]
           << "\" is not an unsigned integer.";
-        this->SetError(e.str());
+        status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
       arg_mode = arg_none;
@@ -498,7 +402,7 @@
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "STRINGS option LIMIT_COUNT value \"" << args[i]
           << "\" is not an unsigned integer.";
-        this->SetError(e.str());
+        status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
       limit_count = count;
@@ -509,7 +413,7 @@
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "STRINGS option LENGTH_MINIMUM value \"" << args[i]
           << "\" is not an unsigned integer.";
-        this->SetError(e.str());
+        status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
       minlen = len;
@@ -520,7 +424,7 @@
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "STRINGS option LENGTH_MAXIMUM value \"" << args[i]
           << "\" is not an unsigned integer.";
-        this->SetError(e.str());
+        status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
       maxlen = len;
@@ -530,7 +434,7 @@
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "STRINGS option REGEX value \"" << args[i]
           << "\" could not be compiled.";
-        this->SetError(e.str());
+        status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
       have_regex = true;
@@ -549,21 +453,22 @@
       } else {
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "STRINGS option ENCODING \"" << args[i] << "\" not recognized.";
-        this->SetError(e.str());
+        status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
       arg_mode = arg_none;
     } else {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "STRINGS given unknown argument \"" << args[i] << "\"";
-      this->SetError(e.str());
+      status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
 
   if (hex_conversion_enabled) {
     // TODO: should work without temp file, but just on a memory buffer
-    std::string binaryFileName = this->Makefile->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
+    std::string binaryFileName =
+      status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
     binaryFileName += "/CMakeFiles";
     binaryFileName += "/FileCommandStringsBinaryFile";
     if (cmHexFileConverter::TryConvert(fileName, binaryFileName)) {
@@ -580,7 +485,7 @@
   if (!fin) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "STRINGS file \"" << fileName << "\" cannot be read.";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -752,12 +657,12 @@
   }
 
   // Save the output in a makefile variable.
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(outVar, output);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(outVar, output);
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleGlobCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
-                                      bool recurse)
+bool HandleGlobImpl(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool recurse,
+                    cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   // File commands has at least one argument
   assert(args.size() > 1);
@@ -772,10 +677,10 @@
   g.SetRecurse(recurse);
 
   bool explicitFollowSymlinks = false;
-  cmPolicies::PolicyStatus status =
-    this->Makefile->GetPolicyStatus(cmPolicies::CMP0009);
+  cmPolicies::PolicyStatus policyStatus =
+    status.GetMakefile().GetPolicyStatus(cmPolicies::CMP0009);
   if (recurse) {
-    switch (status) {
+    switch (policyStatus) {
       case cmPolicies::REQUIRED_IF_USED:
       case cmPolicies::REQUIRED_ALWAYS:
       case cmPolicies::NEW:
@@ -793,7 +698,7 @@
   bool warnConfigureLate = false;
   bool warnFollowedSymlinks = false;
   const cmake::WorkingMode workingMode =
-    this->Makefile->GetCMakeInstance()->GetWorkingMode();
+    status.GetMakefile().GetCMakeInstance()->GetWorkingMode();
   while (i != args.end()) {
     if (*i == "LIST_DIRECTORIES") {
       ++i; // skip LIST_DIRECTORIES
@@ -805,12 +710,12 @@
           g.SetListDirs(false);
           g.SetRecurseListDirs(false);
         } else {
-          this->SetError("LIST_DIRECTORIES missing bool value.");
+          status.SetError("LIST_DIRECTORIES missing bool value.");
           return false;
         }
         ++i;
       } else {
-        this->SetError("LIST_DIRECTORIES missing bool value.");
+        status.SetError("LIST_DIRECTORIES missing bool value.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "FOLLOW_SYMLINKS") {
@@ -819,7 +724,7 @@
         explicitFollowSymlinks = true;
         g.RecurseThroughSymlinksOn();
         if (i == args.end()) {
-          this->SetError(
+          status.SetError(
             "GLOB_RECURSE requires a glob expression after FOLLOW_SYMLINKS.");
           return false;
         }
@@ -827,25 +732,26 @@
     } else if (*i == "RELATIVE") {
       ++i; // skip RELATIVE
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("GLOB requires a directory after the RELATIVE tag.");
+        status.SetError("GLOB requires a directory after the RELATIVE tag.");
         return false;
       }
       g.SetRelative(i->c_str());
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("GLOB requires a glob expression after the directory.");
+        status.SetError(
+          "GLOB requires a glob expression after the directory.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "CONFIGURE_DEPENDS") {
       // Generated build system depends on glob results
       if (!configureDepends && warnConfigureLate) {
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
           MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING,
           "CONFIGURE_DEPENDS flag was given after a glob expression was "
           "already evaluated.");
       }
       if (workingMode != cmake::NORMAL_MODE) {
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
           MessageType::FATAL_ERROR,
           "CONFIGURE_DEPENDS is invalid for script and find package modes.");
         return false;
@@ -853,14 +759,14 @@
       configureDepends = true;
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError(
+        status.SetError(
           "GLOB requires a glob expression after CONFIGURE_DEPENDS.");
         return false;
       }
     } else {
       std::string expr = *i;
       if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(*i)) {
-        expr = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+        expr = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
         // Handle script mode
         if (!expr.empty()) {
           expr += "/" + *i;
@@ -876,12 +782,12 @@
         bool shouldExit = false;
         for (cmsys::Glob::Message const& globMessage : globMessages) {
           if (globMessage.type == cmsys::Glob::cyclicRecursion) {
-            this->Makefile->IssueMessage(
+            status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
               MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING,
               "Cyclic recursion detected while globbing for '" + *i + "':\n" +
                 globMessage.content);
           } else {
-            this->Makefile->IssueMessage(
+            status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
               MessageType::FATAL_ERROR,
               "Error has occurred while globbing for '" + *i + "' - " +
                 globMessage.content);
@@ -905,11 +811,11 @@
         std::sort(foundFiles.begin(), foundFiles.end());
         foundFiles.erase(std::unique(foundFiles.begin(), foundFiles.end()),
                          foundFiles.end());
-        this->Makefile->GetCMakeInstance()->AddGlobCacheEntry(
+        status.GetMakefile().GetCMakeInstance()->AddGlobCacheEntry(
           recurse, (recurse ? g.GetRecurseListDirs() : g.GetListDirs()),
           (recurse ? g.GetRecurseThroughSymlinks() : false),
           (g.GetRelative() ? g.GetRelative() : ""), expr, foundFiles, variable,
-          this->Makefile->GetBacktrace());
+          status.GetMakefile().GetBacktrace());
       } else {
         warnConfigureLate = true;
       }
@@ -917,7 +823,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  switch (status) {
+  switch (policyStatus) {
     case cmPolicies::REQUIRED_IF_USED:
     case cmPolicies::REQUIRED_ALWAYS:
     case cmPolicies::NEW:
@@ -930,7 +836,7 @@
       // Possibly unexpected old behavior *and* we actually traversed
       // symlinks without being explicitly asked to: warn the author.
       if (warnFollowedSymlinks) {
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
           MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING,
           cmPolicies::GetPolicyWarning(cmPolicies::CMP0009));
       }
@@ -939,12 +845,24 @@
 
   std::sort(files.begin(), files.end());
   files.erase(std::unique(files.begin(), files.end()), files.end());
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(variable, cmJoin(files, ";"));
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(variable, cmJoin(files, ";"));
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleMakeDirectoryCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleGlobCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleGlobImpl(args, false, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleGlobRecurseCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                              cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleGlobImpl(args, true, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleMakeDirectoryCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                                cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   // File command has at least one argument
   assert(args.size() > 1);
@@ -955,28 +873,28 @@
   {
     const std::string* cdir = &arg;
     if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(arg)) {
-      expr = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+      expr = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
       expr += "/" + arg;
       cdir = &expr;
     }
-    if (!this->Makefile->CanIWriteThisFile(*cdir)) {
+    if (!status.GetMakefile().CanIWriteThisFile(*cdir)) {
       std::string e = "attempted to create a directory: " + *cdir +
         " into a source directory.";
-      this->SetError(e);
+      status.SetError(e);
       cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
       return false;
     }
     if (!cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(*cdir)) {
       std::string error = "problem creating directory: " + *cdir;
-      this->SetError(error);
+      status.SetError(error);
       return false;
     }
   }
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleTouchCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
-                                       bool create)
+bool HandleTouchImpl(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool create,
+                     cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   // File command has at least one argument
   assert(args.size() > 1);
@@ -986,27 +904,39 @@
   {
     std::string tfile = arg;
     if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(tfile)) {
-      tfile = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+      tfile = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
       tfile += "/" + arg;
     }
-    if (!this->Makefile->CanIWriteThisFile(tfile)) {
+    if (!status.GetMakefile().CanIWriteThisFile(tfile)) {
       std::string e =
         "attempted to touch a file: " + tfile + " in a source directory.";
-      this->SetError(e);
+      status.SetError(e);
       cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
       return false;
     }
     if (!cmSystemTools::Touch(tfile, create)) {
       std::string error = "problem touching file: " + tfile;
-      this->SetError(error);
+      status.SetError(error);
       return false;
     }
   }
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleDifferentCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleTouchCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                        cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleTouchImpl(args, true, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleTouchNocreateCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                                cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleTouchImpl(args, false, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleDifferentCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                            cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   /*
     FILE(DIFFERENT <variable> FILES <lhs> <rhs>)
@@ -1039,34 +969,35 @@
     } else {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "DIFFERENT given unknown argument " << args[i];
-      this->SetError(e.str());
+      status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
   if (!var) {
-    this->SetError("DIFFERENT not given result variable name.");
+    status.SetError("DIFFERENT not given result variable name.");
     return false;
   }
   if (!file_lhs || !file_rhs) {
-    this->SetError("DIFFERENT not given FILES option with two file names.");
+    status.SetError("DIFFERENT not given FILES option with two file names.");
     return false;
   }
 
   // Compare the files.
   const char* result =
     cmSystemTools::FilesDiffer(file_lhs, file_rhs) ? "1" : "0";
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(var, result);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(var, result);
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleCopyCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleCopyCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
-  cmFileCopier copier(this);
+  cmFileCopier copier(status);
   return copier.Run(args);
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleRPathChangeCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleRPathChangeCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                              cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   // Evaluate arguments.
   std::string file;
@@ -1102,26 +1033,26 @@
     } else {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "RPATH_CHANGE given unknown argument " << args[i];
-      this->SetError(e.str());
+      status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
   if (file.empty()) {
-    this->SetError("RPATH_CHANGE not given FILE option.");
+    status.SetError("RPATH_CHANGE not given FILE option.");
     return false;
   }
   if (!oldRPath) {
-    this->SetError("RPATH_CHANGE not given OLD_RPATH option.");
+    status.SetError("RPATH_CHANGE not given OLD_RPATH option.");
     return false;
   }
   if (!newRPath) {
-    this->SetError("RPATH_CHANGE not given NEW_RPATH option.");
+    status.SetError("RPATH_CHANGE not given NEW_RPATH option.");
     return false;
   }
   if (!cmSystemTools::FileExists(file, true)) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "RPATH_CHANGE given FILE \"" << file << "\" that does not exist.";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
   bool success = true;
@@ -1139,7 +1070,7 @@
       << "  " << file << "\n"
       << emsg;
     /* clang-format on */
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     success = false;
   }
   if (success) {
@@ -1149,15 +1080,15 @@
       message += "\" to \"";
       message += newRPath;
       message += "\"";
-      this->Makefile->DisplayStatus(message, -1);
+      status.GetMakefile().DisplayStatus(message, -1);
     }
     ft.Store(file);
   }
   return success;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleRPathRemoveCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleRPathRemoveCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                              cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   // Evaluate arguments.
   std::string file;
@@ -1176,18 +1107,18 @@
     } else {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "RPATH_REMOVE given unknown argument " << args[i];
-      this->SetError(e.str());
+      status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
   if (file.empty()) {
-    this->SetError("RPATH_REMOVE not given FILE option.");
+    status.SetError("RPATH_REMOVE not given FILE option.");
     return false;
   }
   if (!cmSystemTools::FileExists(file, true)) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "RPATH_REMOVE given FILE \"" << file << "\" that does not exist.";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
   bool success = true;
@@ -1201,7 +1132,7 @@
       << "  " << file << "\n"
       << emsg;
     /* clang-format on */
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     success = false;
   }
   if (success) {
@@ -1209,15 +1140,15 @@
       std::string message = "Removed runtime path from \"";
       message += file;
       message += "\"";
-      this->Makefile->DisplayStatus(message, -1);
+      status.GetMakefile().DisplayStatus(message, -1);
     }
     ft.Store(file);
   }
   return success;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleRPathCheckCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleRPathCheckCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                             cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   // Evaluate arguments.
   std::string file;
@@ -1243,16 +1174,16 @@
     } else {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "RPATH_CHECK given unknown argument " << args[i];
-      this->SetError(e.str());
+      status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
   if (file.empty()) {
-    this->SetError("RPATH_CHECK not given FILE option.");
+    status.SetError("RPATH_CHECK not given FILE option.");
     return false;
   }
   if (!rpath) {
-    this->SetError("RPATH_CHECK not given RPATH option.");
+    status.SetError("RPATH_CHECK not given RPATH option.");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1267,11 +1198,12 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleReadElfCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleReadElfCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                          cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() < 4) {
-    this->SetError("READ_ELF must be called with at least three additional "
-                   "arguments.");
+    status.SetError("READ_ELF must be called with at least three additional "
+                    "arguments.");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1293,7 +1225,7 @@
   if (!cmSystemTools::FileExists(fileNameArg, true)) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "READ_ELF given FILE \"" << fileNameArg << "\" that does not exist.";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1304,14 +1236,14 @@
     if (cmELF::StringEntry const* se_rpath = elf.GetRPath()) {
       std::string rpath(se_rpath->Value);
       std::replace(rpath.begin(), rpath.end(), ':', ';');
-      this->Makefile->AddDefinition(arguments.RPath, rpath);
+      status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(arguments.RPath, rpath);
     }
   }
   if (!arguments.RunPath.empty()) {
     if (cmELF::StringEntry const* se_runpath = elf.GetRunPath()) {
       std::string runpath(se_runpath->Value);
       std::replace(runpath.begin(), runpath.end(), ':', ';');
-      this->Makefile->AddDefinition(arguments.RunPath, runpath);
+      status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(arguments.RunPath, runpath);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1319,25 +1251,26 @@
 #else
   std::string error = "ELF parser not available on this platform.";
   if (arguments.Error.empty()) {
-    this->SetError(error);
+    status.SetError(error);
     return false;
   }
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(arguments.Error, error);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(arguments.Error, error);
   return true;
 #endif
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleInstallCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleInstallCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                          cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
-  cmFileInstaller installer(this);
+  cmFileInstaller installer(status);
   return installer.Run(args);
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleRelativePathCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleRelativePathCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                               cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() != 4) {
-    this->SetError("RELATIVE_PATH called with incorrect number of arguments");
+    status.SetError("RELATIVE_PATH called with incorrect number of arguments");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1349,37 +1282,38 @@
     std::string errstring =
       "RELATIVE_PATH must be passed a full path to the directory: " +
       directoryName;
-    this->SetError(errstring);
+    status.SetError(errstring);
     return false;
   }
   if (!cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(fileName)) {
     std::string errstring =
       "RELATIVE_PATH must be passed a full path to the file: " + fileName;
-    this->SetError(errstring);
+    status.SetError(errstring);
     return false;
   }
 
   std::string res = cmSystemTools::RelativePath(directoryName, fileName);
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(outVar, res);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(outVar, res);
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleRename(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleRename(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                  cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() != 3) {
-    this->SetError("RENAME given incorrect number of arguments.");
+    status.SetError("RENAME given incorrect number of arguments.");
     return false;
   }
 
   // Compute full path for old and new names.
   std::string oldname = args[1];
   if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(oldname)) {
-    oldname = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+    oldname = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
     oldname += "/" + args[1];
   }
   std::string newname = args[2];
   if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(newname)) {
-    newname = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+    newname = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
     newname += "/" + args[2];
   }
 
@@ -1393,14 +1327,14 @@
       << "  " << newname << "\n"
       << "because: " << err << "\n";
     /* clang-format on */
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleRemove(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
-                                 bool recurse)
+bool HandleRemoveImpl(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool recurse,
+                      cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
 
   std::string message;
@@ -1411,12 +1345,12 @@
     std::string fileName = arg;
     if (fileName.empty()) {
       std::string const r = recurse ? "REMOVE_RECURSE" : "REMOVE";
-      this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING,
-                                   "Ignoring empty file name in " + r + ".");
+      status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
+        MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING, "Ignoring empty file name in " + r + ".");
       continue;
     }
     if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(fileName)) {
-      fileName = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
+      fileName = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
       fileName += "/" + arg;
     }
 
@@ -1430,7 +1364,18 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-namespace {
+bool HandleRemove(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                  cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleRemoveImpl(args, false, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleRemoveRecurse(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                         cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandleRemoveImpl(args, true, status);
+}
+
 std::string ToNativePath(const std::string& path)
 {
   const auto& outPath = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(path);
@@ -1447,14 +1392,14 @@
   cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(temp);
   return temp;
 }
-}
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleCMakePathCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool nativePath)
+bool HandlePathCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                       std::string (*convert)(std::string const&),
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() != 3) {
-    this->SetError("FILE([TO_CMAKE_PATH|TO_NATIVE_PATH] path result) must be "
-                   "called with exactly three arguments.");
+    status.SetError("FILE([TO_CMAKE_PATH|TO_NATIVE_PATH] path result) must be "
+                    "called with exactly three arguments.");
     return false;
   }
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
@@ -1464,19 +1409,28 @@
 #endif
   std::vector<std::string> path = cmSystemTools::SplitString(args[1], pathSep);
 
-  std::string value = cmJoin(
-    cmMakeRange(path).transform(nativePath ? ToNativePath : ToCMakePath), ";");
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(args[2], value);
+  std::string value = cmJoin(cmMakeRange(path).transform(convert), ";");
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(args[2], value);
   return true;
 }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+bool HandleCMakePathCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                            cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandlePathCommand(args, ToCMakePath, status);
+}
+
+bool HandleNativePathCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                             cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  return HandlePathCommand(args, ToNativePath, status);
+}
+
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 
 // Stuff for curl download/upload
 typedef std::vector<char> cmFileCommandVectorOfChar;
 
-namespace {
-
 size_t cmWriteToFileCallback(void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* data)
 {
   int realsize = static_cast<int>(size * nmemb);
@@ -1527,11 +1481,10 @@
 class cURLProgressHelper
 {
 public:
-  cURLProgressHelper(cmFileCommand* fc, const char* text)
+  cURLProgressHelper(cmMakefile* mf, const char* text)
+    : Makefile(mf)
+    , Text(text)
   {
-    this->CurrentPercentage = -1;
-    this->FileCommand = fc;
-    this->Text = text;
   }
 
   bool UpdatePercentage(double value, double total, std::string& status)
@@ -1558,11 +1511,11 @@
     return updated;
   }
 
-  cmFileCommand* GetFileCommand() { return this->FileCommand; }
+  cmMakefile* GetMakefile() { return this->Makefile; }
 
 private:
-  long CurrentPercentage;
-  cmFileCommand* FileCommand;
+  long CurrentPercentage = -1;
+  cmMakefile* Makefile;
   std::string Text;
 };
 
@@ -1576,8 +1529,7 @@
 
   std::string status;
   if (helper->UpdatePercentage(dlnow, dltotal, status)) {
-    cmFileCommand* fc = helper->GetFileCommand();
-    cmMakefile* mf = fc->GetMakefile();
+    cmMakefile* mf = helper->GetMakefile();
     mf->DisplayStatus(status, -1);
   }
 
@@ -1594,16 +1546,12 @@
 
   std::string status;
   if (helper->UpdatePercentage(ulnow, ultotal, status)) {
-    cmFileCommand* fc = helper->GetFileCommand();
-    cmMakefile* mf = fc->GetMakefile();
+    cmMakefile* mf = helper->GetMakefile();
     mf->DisplayStatus(status, -1);
   }
 
   return 0;
 }
-}
-
-namespace {
 
 class cURLEasyGuard
 {
@@ -1628,7 +1576,7 @@
 private:
   ::CURL* Easy;
 };
-}
+
 #endif
 
 #define check_curl_result(result, errstr)                                     \
@@ -1636,17 +1584,18 @@
     if (result != CURLE_OK) {                                                 \
       std::string e(errstr);                                                  \
       e += ::curl_easy_strerror(result);                                      \
-      this->SetError(e);                                                      \
+      status.SetError(e);                                                     \
       return false;                                                           \
     }                                                                         \
   } while (false)
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleDownloadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleDownloadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                           cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = args.begin();
   if (args.size() < 3) {
-    this->SetError("DOWNLOAD must be called with at least three arguments.");
+    status.SetError("DOWNLOAD must be called with at least three arguments.");
     return false;
   }
   ++i; // Get rid of subcommand
@@ -1659,11 +1608,12 @@
   long inactivity_timeout = 0;
   std::string logVar;
   std::string statusVar;
-  bool tls_verify = this->Makefile->IsOn("CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY");
-  const char* cainfo = this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_TLS_CAINFO");
-  std::string netrc_level = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC");
+  bool tls_verify = status.GetMakefile().IsOn("CMAKE_TLS_VERIFY");
+  const char* cainfo = status.GetMakefile().GetDefinition("CMAKE_TLS_CAINFO");
+  std::string netrc_level =
+    status.GetMakefile().GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC");
   std::string netrc_file =
-    this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC_FILE");
+    status.GetMakefile().GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC_FILE");
   std::string expectedHash;
   std::string hashMatchMSG;
   std::unique_ptr<cmCryptoHash> hash;
@@ -1678,7 +1628,7 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         timeout = atol(i->c_str());
       } else {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing time for TIMEOUT.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing time for TIMEOUT.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT") {
@@ -1686,20 +1636,20 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         inactivity_timeout = atol(i->c_str());
       } else {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing time for INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing time for INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "LOG") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing VAR for LOG.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing VAR for LOG.");
         return false;
       }
       logVar = *i;
     } else if (*i == "STATUS") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing VAR for STATUS.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing VAR for STATUS.");
         return false;
       }
       statusVar = *i;
@@ -1708,7 +1658,7 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         tls_verify = cmSystemTools::IsOn(*i);
       } else {
-        this->SetError("TLS_VERIFY missing bool value.");
+        status.SetError("TLS_VERIFY missing bool value.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "TLS_CAINFO") {
@@ -1716,7 +1666,7 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         cainfo = i->c_str();
       } else {
-        this->SetError("TLS_CAFILE missing file value.");
+        status.SetError("TLS_CAFILE missing file value.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "NETRC_FILE") {
@@ -1724,7 +1674,7 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         netrc_file = *i;
       } else {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing file value for NETRC_FILE.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing file value for NETRC_FILE.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "NETRC") {
@@ -1732,13 +1682,13 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         netrc_level = *i;
       } else {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing level value for NETRC.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing level value for NETRC.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "EXPECTED_MD5") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing sum value for EXPECTED_MD5.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing sum value for EXPECTED_MD5.");
         return false;
       }
       hash = cm::make_unique<cmCryptoHash>(cmCryptoHash::AlgoMD5);
@@ -1749,7 +1699,7 @@
     } else if (*i == "EXPECTED_HASH") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing ALGO=value for EXPECTED_HASH.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing ALGO=value for EXPECTED_HASH.");
         return false;
       }
       std::string::size_type pos = i->find("=");
@@ -1757,7 +1707,7 @@
         std::string err =
           "DOWNLOAD EXPECTED_HASH expects ALGO=value but got: ";
         err += *i;
-        this->SetError(err);
+        status.SetError(err);
         return false;
       }
       std::string algo = i->substr(0, pos);
@@ -1766,21 +1716,21 @@
       if (!hash) {
         std::string err = "DOWNLOAD EXPECTED_HASH given unknown ALGO: ";
         err += algo;
-        this->SetError(err);
+        status.SetError(err);
         return false;
       }
       hashMatchMSG = algo + " hash";
     } else if (*i == "USERPWD") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing string for USERPWD.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing string for USERPWD.");
         return false;
       }
       userpwd = *i;
     } else if (*i == "HTTPHEADER") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("DOWNLOAD missing string for HTTPHEADER.");
+        status.SetError("DOWNLOAD missing string for HTTPHEADER.");
         return false;
       }
       curl_headers.push_back(*i);
@@ -1788,7 +1738,7 @@
       // Do not return error for compatibility reason.
       std::string err = "Unexpected argument: ";
       err += *i;
-      this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING, err);
+      status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING, err);
     }
     ++i;
   }
@@ -1806,7 +1756,7 @@
       if (!statusVar.empty()) {
         std::ostringstream result;
         result << 0 << ";\"" << msg;
-        this->Makefile->AddDefinition(statusVar, result.str());
+        status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(statusVar, result.str());
       }
       return true;
     }
@@ -1819,13 +1769,13 @@
     std::string errstring = "DOWNLOAD error: cannot create directory '" + dir +
       "' - Specify file by full path name and verify that you "
       "have directory creation and file write privileges.";
-    this->SetError(errstring);
+    status.SetError(errstring);
     return false;
   }
 
   cmsys::ofstream fout(file.c_str(), std::ios::binary);
   if (!fout) {
-    this->SetError("DOWNLOAD cannot open file for write.");
+    status.SetError("DOWNLOAD cannot open file for write.");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1837,7 +1787,7 @@
   ::curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
   curl = ::curl_easy_init();
   if (!curl) {
-    this->SetError("DOWNLOAD error initializing curl.");
+    status.SetError("DOWNLOAD error initializing curl.");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1871,7 +1821,7 @@
   // command arg comes first
   std::string const& cainfo_err = cmCurlSetCAInfo(curl, cainfo);
   if (!cainfo_err.empty()) {
-    this->SetError(cainfo_err);
+    status.SetError(cainfo_err);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1881,7 +1831,7 @@
   std::string const& netrc_option_err =
     cmCurlSetNETRCOption(curl, netrc_level, netrc_file);
   if (!netrc_option_err.empty()) {
-    this->SetError(netrc_option_err);
+    status.SetError(netrc_option_err);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1917,7 +1867,7 @@
   // scope intentionally, rather than inside the "if(showProgress)"
   // block...
   //
-  cURLProgressHelper helper(this, "download");
+  cURLProgressHelper helper(&status.GetMakefile(), "download");
 
   if (showProgress) {
     res = ::curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
@@ -1955,7 +1905,7 @@
     std::ostringstream result;
     result << static_cast<int>(res) << ";\"" << ::curl_easy_strerror(res)
            << "\"";
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(statusVar, result.str());
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(statusVar, result.str());
   }
 
   ::curl_global_cleanup();
@@ -1970,7 +1920,7 @@
   if (hash) {
     std::string actualHash = hash->HashFile(file);
     if (actualHash.empty()) {
-      this->SetError("DOWNLOAD cannot compute hash on downloaded file");
+      status.SetError("DOWNLOAD cannot compute hash on downloaded file");
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -1984,34 +1934,36 @@
           << ::curl_easy_strerror(res) << "\"]" << std::endl;
 
       if (!statusVar.empty() && res == 0) {
-        std::string status = "1;HASH mismatch: "
-                             "expected: " +
-          expectedHash + " actual: " + actualHash;
-        this->Makefile->AddDefinition(statusVar, status);
+        status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(statusVar,
+                                           "1;HASH mismatch: "
+                                           "expected: " +
+                                             expectedHash +
+                                             " actual: " + actualHash);
       }
 
-      this->SetError(oss.str());
+      status.SetError(oss.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
 
   if (!logVar.empty()) {
     chunkDebug.push_back(0);
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(logVar, chunkDebug.data());
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(logVar, chunkDebug.data());
   }
 
   return true;
 #else
-  this->SetError("DOWNLOAD not supported by bootstrap cmake.");
+  status.SetError("DOWNLOAD not supported by bootstrap cmake.");
   return false;
 #endif
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleUploadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleUploadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                         cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   if (args.size() < 3) {
-    this->SetError("UPLOAD must be called with at least three arguments.");
+    status.SetError("UPLOAD must be called with at least three arguments.");
     return false;
   }
   std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = args.begin();
@@ -2027,9 +1979,10 @@
   std::string statusVar;
   bool showProgress = false;
   std::string userpwd;
-  std::string netrc_level = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC");
+  std::string netrc_level =
+    status.GetMakefile().GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC");
   std::string netrc_file =
-    this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC_FILE");
+    status.GetMakefile().GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_NETRC_FILE");
 
   std::vector<std::string> curl_headers;
 
@@ -2039,7 +1992,7 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         timeout = atol(i->c_str());
       } else {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing time for TIMEOUT.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing time for TIMEOUT.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT") {
@@ -2047,20 +2000,20 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         inactivity_timeout = atol(i->c_str());
       } else {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing time for INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing time for INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "LOG") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing VAR for LOG.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing VAR for LOG.");
         return false;
       }
       logVar = *i;
     } else if (*i == "STATUS") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing VAR for STATUS.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing VAR for STATUS.");
         return false;
       }
       statusVar = *i;
@@ -2071,7 +2024,7 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         netrc_file = *i;
       } else {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing file value for NETRC_FILE.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing file value for NETRC_FILE.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "NETRC") {
@@ -2079,20 +2032,20 @@
       if (i != args.end()) {
         netrc_level = *i;
       } else {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing level value for NETRC.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing level value for NETRC.");
         return false;
       }
     } else if (*i == "USERPWD") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing string for USERPWD.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing string for USERPWD.");
         return false;
       }
       userpwd = *i;
     } else if (*i == "HTTPHEADER") {
       ++i;
       if (i == args.end()) {
-        this->SetError("UPLOAD missing string for HTTPHEADER.");
+        status.SetError("UPLOAD missing string for HTTPHEADER.");
         return false;
       }
       curl_headers.push_back(*i);
@@ -2100,7 +2053,7 @@
       // Do not return error for compatibility reason.
       std::string err = "Unexpected argument: ";
       err += *i;
-      this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING, err);
+      status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING, err);
     }
 
     ++i;
@@ -2112,7 +2065,7 @@
   if (!fin) {
     std::string errStr = "UPLOAD cannot open file '";
     errStr += filename + "' for reading.";
-    this->SetError(errStr);
+    status.SetError(errStr);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2126,7 +2079,7 @@
   ::curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
   curl = ::curl_easy_init();
   if (!curl) {
-    this->SetError("UPLOAD error initializing curl.");
+    status.SetError("UPLOAD error initializing curl.");
     fclose(fin);
     return false;
   }
@@ -2185,7 +2138,7 @@
   // scope intentionally, rather than inside the "if(showProgress)"
   // block...
   //
-  cURLProgressHelper helper(this, "upload");
+  cURLProgressHelper helper(&status.GetMakefile(), "upload");
 
   if (showProgress) {
     res = ::curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
@@ -2220,7 +2173,7 @@
   std::string const& netrc_option_err =
     cmCurlSetNETRCOption(curl, netrc_level, netrc_file);
   if (!netrc_option_err.empty()) {
-    this->SetError(netrc_option_err);
+    status.SetError(netrc_option_err);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2242,7 +2195,7 @@
     std::ostringstream result;
     result << static_cast<int>(res) << ";\"" << ::curl_easy_strerror(res)
            << "\"";
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(statusVar, result.str());
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(statusVar, result.str());
   }
 
   ::curl_global_cleanup();
@@ -2267,22 +2220,22 @@
       log += "\n";
     }
 
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(logVar, log);
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(logVar, log);
   }
 
   return true;
 #else
-  this->SetError("UPLOAD not supported by bootstrap cmake.");
+  status.SetError("UPLOAD not supported by bootstrap cmake.");
   return false;
 #endif
 }
 
-void cmFileCommand::AddEvaluationFile(const std::string& inputName,
-                                      const std::string& outputExpr,
-                                      const std::string& condition,
-                                      bool inputIsContent)
+void AddEvaluationFile(const std::string& inputName,
+                       const std::string& outputExpr,
+                       const std::string& condition, bool inputIsContent,
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
-  cmListFileBacktrace lfbt = this->Makefile->GetBacktrace();
+  cmListFileBacktrace lfbt = status.GetMakefile().GetBacktrace();
 
   cmGeneratorExpression outputGe(lfbt);
   std::unique_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> outputCge =
@@ -2292,52 +2245,54 @@
   std::unique_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> conditionCge =
     conditionGe.Parse(condition);
 
-  this->Makefile->AddEvaluationFile(inputName, std::move(outputCge),
-                                    std::move(conditionCge), inputIsContent);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddEvaluationFile(
+    inputName, std::move(outputCge), std::move(conditionCge), inputIsContent);
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleGenerateCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleGenerateCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                           cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() < 5) {
-    this->SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
+    status.SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
     return false;
   }
   if (args[1] != "OUTPUT") {
-    this->SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
+    status.SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
     return false;
   }
   std::string condition;
   if (args.size() > 5) {
     if (args[5] != "CONDITION") {
-      this->SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
+      status.SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
       return false;
     }
     if (args.size() != 7) {
-      this->SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
+      status.SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
       return false;
     }
     condition = args[6];
     if (condition.empty()) {
-      this->SetError("CONDITION of sub-command GENERATE must not be empty if "
-                     "specified.");
+      status.SetError("CONDITION of sub-command GENERATE must not be empty if "
+                      "specified.");
       return false;
     }
   }
   std::string output = args[2];
   const bool inputIsContent = args[3] != "INPUT";
   if (inputIsContent && args[3] != "CONTENT") {
-    this->SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
+    status.SetError("Incorrect arguments to GENERATE subcommand.");
     return false;
   }
   std::string input = args[4];
 
-  this->AddEvaluationFile(input, output, condition, inputIsContent);
+  AddEvaluationFile(input, output, condition, inputIsContent, status);
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleLockCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleLockCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Default values
   bool directory = false;
   bool release = false;
@@ -2353,7 +2308,7 @@
 
   // Parse arguments
   if (args.size() < 2) {
-    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(
+    status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
       MessageType::FATAL_ERROR,
       "sub-command LOCK requires at least two arguments.");
     return false;
@@ -2369,7 +2324,7 @@
       ++i;
       const char* merr = "expected FUNCTION, FILE or PROCESS after GUARD";
       if (i >= args.size()) {
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, merr);
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, merr);
         return false;
       }
       if (args[i] == "FUNCTION") {
@@ -2381,14 +2336,14 @@
       } else {
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << merr << ", but got:\n  \"" << args[i] << "\".";
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
         return false;
       }
 
     } else if (args[i] == "RESULT_VARIABLE") {
       ++i;
       if (i >= args.size()) {
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
           MessageType::FATAL_ERROR,
           "expected variable name after RESULT_VARIABLE");
         return false;
@@ -2397,8 +2352,8 @@
     } else if (args[i] == "TIMEOUT") {
       ++i;
       if (i >= args.size()) {
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR,
-                                     "expected timeout value after TIMEOUT");
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
+          MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, "expected timeout value after TIMEOUT");
         return false;
       }
       long scanned;
@@ -2406,7 +2361,7 @@
           scanned < 0) {
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "TIMEOUT value \"" << args[i] << "\" is not an unsigned integer.";
-        this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
+        status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
         return false;
       }
       timeout = static_cast<unsigned long>(scanned);
@@ -2414,7 +2369,7 @@
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "expected DIRECTORY, RELEASE, GUARD, RESULT_VARIABLE or TIMEOUT\n";
       e << "but got: \"" << args[i] << "\".";
-      this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
+      status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -2424,7 +2379,7 @@
   }
 
   if (!cmsys::SystemTools::FileIsFullPath(path)) {
-    path = this->Makefile->GetCurrentSourceDirectory() + "/" + path;
+    path = status.GetMakefile().GetCurrentSourceDirectory() + "/" + path;
   }
 
   // Unify path (remove '//', '/../', ...)
@@ -2436,7 +2391,7 @@
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "directory\n  \"" << parentDir << "\"\ncreation failed ";
     e << "(check permissions).";
-    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
+    status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
     cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
     return false;
   }
@@ -2444,7 +2399,7 @@
   if (!file) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "file\n  \"" << path << "\"\ncreation failed (check permissions).";
-    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
+    status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
     cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
     return false;
   }
@@ -2452,7 +2407,7 @@
 
   // Actual lock/unlock
   cmFileLockPool& lockPool =
-    this->Makefile->GetGlobalGenerator()->GetFileLockPool();
+    status.GetMakefile().GetGlobalGenerator()->GetFileLockPool();
 
   cmFileLockResult fileLockResult(cmFileLockResult::MakeOk());
   if (release) {
@@ -2479,32 +2434,32 @@
   if (resultVariable.empty() && !fileLockResult.IsOk()) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "error locking file\n  \"" << path << "\"\n" << result << ".";
-    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
+    status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(MessageType::FATAL_ERROR, e.str());
     cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
     return false;
   }
 
   if (!resultVariable.empty()) {
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(resultVariable, result);
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(resultVariable, result);
   }
 
   return true;
 #else
   static_cast<void>(args);
-  this->SetError("sub-command LOCK not implemented in bootstrap cmake");
+  status.SetError("sub-command LOCK not implemented in bootstrap cmake");
   return false;
 #endif
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleTimestampCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleTimestampCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                            cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() < 3) {
-    this->SetError("sub-command TIMESTAMP requires at least two arguments.");
+    status.SetError("sub-command TIMESTAMP requires at least two arguments.");
     return false;
   }
   if (args.size() > 5) {
-    this->SetError("sub-command TIMESTAMP takes at most four arguments.");
+    status.SetError("sub-command TIMESTAMP takes at most four arguments.");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2526,7 +2481,7 @@
     } else {
       std::string e = " TIMESTAMP sub-command does not recognize option " +
         args[argsIndex] + ".";
-      this->SetError(e);
+      status.SetError(e);
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -2534,17 +2489,18 @@
   cmTimestamp timestamp;
   std::string result =
     timestamp.FileModificationTime(filename.c_str(), formatString, utcFlag);
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(outputVariable, result);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(outputVariable, result);
 
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleSizeCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleSizeCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                       cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() != 3) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << args[0] << " requires a file name and output variable";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2557,23 +2513,23 @@
   if (!cmSystemTools::FileExists(filename, true)) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "SIZE requested of path that is not readable:\n  " << filename;
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(
     outputVariable, std::to_string(cmSystemTools::FileLength(filename)));
 
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleReadSymlinkCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleReadSymlinkCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                              cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() != 3) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << args[0] << " requires a file name and output variable";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2585,21 +2541,21 @@
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "READ_SYMLINK requested of path that is not a symlink:\n  "
       << filename;
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
-  this->Makefile->AddDefinition(outputVariable, result);
+  status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(outputVariable, result);
 
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleCreateLinkCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleCreateLinkCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                             cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   if (args.size() < 3) {
-    this->SetError("CREATE_LINK must be called with at least two additional "
-                   "arguments");
+    status.SetError("CREATE_LINK must be called with at least two additional "
+                    "arguments");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2624,7 +2580,7 @@
     parser.Parse(cmMakeRange(args).advance(3), &unconsumedArgs);
 
   if (!unconsumedArgs.empty()) {
-    this->SetError("unknown argument: \"" + unconsumedArgs.front() + '\"');
+    status.SetError("unknown argument: \"" + unconsumedArgs.front() + '\"');
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2635,10 +2591,10 @@
   if (fileName == newFileName) {
     result = "CREATE_LINK cannot use same file and newfile";
     if (!arguments.Result.empty()) {
-      this->Makefile->AddDefinition(arguments.Result, result);
+      status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(arguments.Result, result);
       return true;
     }
-    this->SetError(result);
+    status.SetError(result);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2646,10 +2602,10 @@
   if (!arguments.Symbolic && !cmSystemTools::FileExists(fileName)) {
     result = "Cannot hard link \'" + fileName + "\' as it does not exist.";
     if (!arguments.Result.empty()) {
-      this->Makefile->AddDefinition(arguments.Result, result);
+      status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(arguments.Result, result);
       return true;
     }
-    this->SetError(result);
+    status.SetError(result);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2663,10 +2619,10 @@
       << cmSystemTools::GetLastSystemError() << "\n";
 
     if (!arguments.Result.empty()) {
-      this->Makefile->AddDefinition(arguments.Result, e.str());
+      status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(arguments.Result, e.str());
       return true;
     }
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2693,45 +2649,46 @@
     result = "0";
   } else if (arguments.Result.empty()) {
     // The operation failed and the result is not reported in a variable.
-    this->SetError(result);
+    status.SetError(result);
     return false;
   }
 
   if (!arguments.Result.empty()) {
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(arguments.Result, result);
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(arguments.Result, result);
   }
 
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmFileCommand::HandleGetRuntimeDependenciesCommand(
-  std::vector<std::string> const& args)
+bool HandleGetRuntimeDependenciesCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                                         cmExecutionStatus& status)
 {
   static const std::set<std::string> supportedPlatforms = { "Windows", "Linux",
                                                             "Darwin" };
   std::string platform =
-    this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME");
+    status.GetMakefile().GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME");
   if (!supportedPlatforms.count(platform)) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES is not supported on system \"" << platform
       << "\"";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (this->Makefile->GetState()->GetMode() == cmState::Project) {
-    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING,
-                                 "You have used file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)"
-                                 " in project mode. This is probably not what "
-                                 "you intended to do. Instead, please consider"
-                                 " using it in an install(CODE) or "
-                                 "install(SCRIPT) command. For example:"
-                                 "\n  install(CODE [["
-                                 "\n    file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES"
-                                 "\n      # ..."
-                                 "\n      )"
-                                 "\n    ]])");
+  if (status.GetMakefile().GetState()->GetMode() == cmState::Project) {
+    status.GetMakefile().IssueMessage(
+      MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING,
+      "You have used file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)"
+      " in project mode. This is probably not what "
+      "you intended to do. Instead, please consider"
+      " using it in an install(CODE) or "
+      "install(SCRIPT) command. For example:"
+      "\n  install(CODE [["
+      "\n    file(GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES"
+      "\n      # ..."
+      "\n      )"
+      "\n    ]])");
   }
 
   struct Arguments
@@ -2776,7 +2733,7 @@
   if (argIt != unrecognizedArguments.end()) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "Unrecognized argument: \"" << *argIt << "\"";
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
     return false;
   }
@@ -2784,13 +2741,13 @@
   if (argIt != keywordsMissingValues.end()) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "Keyword missing value: " << *argIt;
-    this->SetError(e.str());
+    status.SetError(e.str());
     cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
     return false;
   }
 
   cmRuntimeDependencyArchive archive(
-    this, parsedArgs.Directories, parsedArgs.BundleExecutable,
+    status, parsedArgs.Directories, parsedArgs.BundleExecutable,
     parsedArgs.PreIncludeRegexes, parsedArgs.PreExcludeRegexes,
     parsedArgs.PostIncludeRegexes, parsedArgs.PostExcludeRegexes);
   if (!archive.Prepare()) {
@@ -2826,14 +2783,14 @@
       std::string varName =
         parsedArgs.ConflictingDependenciesPrefix + "_" + val.first;
       std::string pathsStr = cmJoin(paths, ";");
-      this->Makefile->AddDefinition(varName, pathsStr);
+      status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(varName, pathsStr);
     } else {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "Multiple conflicting paths found for " << val.first << ":";
       for (auto const& path : val.second) {
         e << "\n  " << path;
       }
-      this->SetError(e.str());
+      status.SetError(e.str());
       cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
       return false;
     }
@@ -2848,7 +2805,7 @@
       assert(it != archive.GetUnresolvedPaths().end());
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "Could not resolve file " << *it;
-      this->SetError(e.str());
+      status.SetError(e.str());
       cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
       return false;
     }
@@ -2856,16 +2813,76 @@
 
   if (!parsedArgs.ResolvedDependenciesVar.empty()) {
     std::string val = cmJoin(deps, ";");
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(parsedArgs.ResolvedDependenciesVar, val);
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(parsedArgs.ResolvedDependenciesVar,
+                                       val);
   }
   if (!parsedArgs.UnresolvedDependenciesVar.empty()) {
     std::string val = cmJoin(unresolvedDeps, ";");
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(parsedArgs.UnresolvedDependenciesVar, val);
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(parsedArgs.UnresolvedDependenciesVar,
+                                       val);
   }
   if (!parsedArgs.ConflictingDependenciesPrefix.empty()) {
     std::string val = cmJoin(conflictingDeps, ";");
-    this->Makefile->AddDefinition(
+    status.GetMakefile().AddDefinition(
       parsedArgs.ConflictingDependenciesPrefix + "_FILENAMES", val);
   }
   return true;
 }
+
+} // namespace
+
+bool cmFileCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                   cmExecutionStatus& status)
+{
+  if (args.size() < 2) {
+    status.SetError("must be called with at least two arguments.");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  static cmSubcommandTable const subcommand{
+    { "WRITE"_s, HandleWriteCommand },
+    { "APPEND"_s, HandleAppendCommand },
+    { "DOWNLOAD"_s, HandleDownloadCommand },
+    { "UPLOAD"_s, HandleUploadCommand },
+    { "READ"_s, HandleReadCommand },
+    { "MD5"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA1"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA224"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA256"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA384"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA512"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA3_224"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA3_256"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA3_384"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "SHA3_512"_s, HandleHashCommand },
+    { "STRINGS"_s, HandleStringsCommand },
+    { "GLOB"_s, HandleGlobCommand },
+    { "GLOB_RECURSE"_s, HandleGlobRecurseCommand },
+    { "MAKE_DIRECTORY"_s, HandleMakeDirectoryCommand },
+    { "RENAME"_s, HandleRename },
+    { "REMOVE"_s, HandleRemove },
+    { "REMOVE_RECURSE"_s, HandleRemoveRecurse },
+    { "COPY"_s, HandleCopyCommand },
+    { "INSTALL"_s, HandleInstallCommand },
+    { "DIFFERENT"_s, HandleDifferentCommand },
+    { "RPATH_CHANGE"_s, HandleRPathChangeCommand },
+    { "CHRPATH"_s, HandleRPathChangeCommand },
+    { "RPATH_CHECK"_s, HandleRPathCheckCommand },
+    { "RPATH_REMOVE"_s, HandleRPathRemoveCommand },
+    { "READ_ELF"_s, HandleReadElfCommand },
+    { "RELATIVE_PATH"_s, HandleRelativePathCommand },
+    { "TO_CMAKE_PATH"_s, HandleCMakePathCommand },
+    { "TO_NATIVE_PATH"_s, HandleNativePathCommand },
+    { "TOUCH"_s, HandleTouchCommand },
+    { "TOUCH_NOCREATE"_s, HandleTouchNocreateCommand },
+    { "TIMESTAMP"_s, HandleTimestampCommand },
+    { "GENERATE"_s, HandleGenerateCommand },
+    { "LOCK"_s, HandleLockCommand },
+    { "SIZE"_s, HandleSizeCommand },
+    { "READ_SYMLINK"_s, HandleReadSymlinkCommand },
+    { "CREATE_LINK"_s, HandleCreateLinkCommand },
+    { "GET_RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES"_s, HandleGetRuntimeDependenciesCommand },
+  };
+
+  return subcommand(args[0], args, status);
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.h b/Source/cmFileCommand.h
index d4b980e..8c9b219 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.h
@@ -8,72 +8,9 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "cm_memory.hxx"
-
-#include "cmCommand.h"
-
 class cmExecutionStatus;
 
-/** \class cmFileCommand
- * \brief Command for manipulation of files
- *
- */
-class cmFileCommand : public cmCommand
-{
-public:
-  /**
-   * This is a virtual constructor for the command.
-   */
-  std::unique_ptr<cmCommand> Clone() override
-  {
-    return cm::make_unique<cmFileCommand>();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * This is called when the command is first encountered in
-   * the CMakeLists.txt file.
-   */
-  bool InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
-                   cmExecutionStatus& status) override;
-
-protected:
-  bool HandleRename(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleRemove(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool recurse);
-  bool HandleWriteCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool append);
-  bool HandleReadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleHashCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleStringsCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleGlobCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool recurse);
-  bool HandleTouchCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args, bool create);
-  bool HandleMakeDirectoryCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-
-  bool HandleRelativePathCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleCMakePathCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
-                              bool nativePath);
-  bool HandleReadElfCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleRPathChangeCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleRPathCheckCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleRPathRemoveCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleDifferentCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-
-  bool HandleCopyCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleInstallCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleDownloadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleUploadCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-
-  bool HandleTimestampCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleGenerateCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleLockCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleSizeCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleReadSymlinkCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleCreateLinkCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-  bool HandleGetRuntimeDependenciesCommand(
-    std::vector<std::string> const& args);
-
-private:
-  void AddEvaluationFile(const std::string& inputName,
-                         const std::string& outputExpr,
-                         const std::string& condition, bool inputIsContent);
-};
+bool cmFileCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                   cmExecutionStatus& status);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx b/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx
index 4f1a158..62f132d 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 #include "cmFileCopier.h"
 
+#include "cmExecutionStatus.h"
 #include "cmFSPermissions.h"
-#include "cmFileCommand.h"
 #include "cmFileTimes.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmsys/Directory.hxx"
 #include "cmsys/Glob.hxx"
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@
 
 using namespace cmFSPermissions;
 
-cmFileCopier::cmFileCopier(cmFileCommand* command, const char* name)
-  : FileCommand(command)
-  , Makefile(command->GetMakefile())
+cmFileCopier::cmFileCopier(cmExecutionStatus& status, const char* name)
+  : Status(status)
+  , Makefile(&status.GetMakefile())
   , Name(name)
   , Always(false)
   , MatchlessFiles(true)
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
     if (!cmSystemTools::SetPermissions(toFile, permissions)) {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << this->Name << " cannot set permissions on \"" << toFile << "\"";
-      this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+      this->Status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@
   if (!cmFSPermissions::stringToModeT(arg, permissions)) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << this->Name << " given invalid permission \"" << arg << "\".";
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
   return true;
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
   // The input file does not exist and installation is not optional.
   std::ostringstream e;
   e << this->Name << " cannot find \"" << fromFile << "\".";
-  this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+  this->Status.SetError(e.str());
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@
 {
   std::ostringstream e;
   e << "option " << arg << " may not appear before PATTERN or REGEX.";
-  this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+  this->Status.SetError(e.str());
   this->Doing = DoingError;
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@
 {
   std::ostringstream e;
   e << "option " << arg << " may not appear after PATTERN or REGEX.";
-  this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+  this->Status.SetError(e.str());
   this->Doing = DoingError;
 }
 
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@
     cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(default_dir_install_permissions, items);
     for (const auto& arg : items) {
       if (!this->CheckPermissions(arg, **mode)) {
-        this->FileCommand->SetError(
+        this->Status.SetError(
           " Set with CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS variable.");
         return false;
       }
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@
     if (!this->CheckKeyword(args[i]) && !this->CheckValue(args[i])) {
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << "called with unknown argument \"" << args[i] << "\".";
-      this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+      this->Status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@
   if (this->Destination.empty()) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << this->Name << " given no DESTINATION";
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@
       } else {
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "could not compile PATTERN \"" << arg << "\".";
-        this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+        this->Status.SetError(e.str());
         this->Doing = DoingError;
       }
     } break;
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@
       } else {
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << "could not compile REGEX \"" << arg << "\".";
-        this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+        this->Status.SetError(e.str());
         this->Doing = DoingError;
       }
       break;
@@ -396,8 +397,8 @@
       file += "/";
       file += f;
     } else if (!this->FilesFromDir.empty()) {
-      this->FileCommand->SetError("option FILES_FROM_DIR requires all files "
-                                  "to be specified as relative paths.");
+      this->Status.SetError("option FILES_FROM_DIR requires all files "
+                            "to be specified as relative paths.");
       return false;
     } else {
       file = f;
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@
   if (fromFile.empty()) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "INSTALL encountered an empty string input file name.";
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -490,7 +491,7 @@
   while (cmSystemTools::ReadSymlink(fromFile, newFromFile)) {
     if (!cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(newFromFile)) {
       std::string fromFilePath = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(fromFile);
-      newFromFile = fromFilePath + "/" + newFromFile;
+      newFromFile = cmStrCat(fromFilePath, "/", newFromFile);
     }
 
     std::string symlinkTarget = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(newFromFile);
@@ -514,13 +515,13 @@
       if (!cmSystemTools::CreateSymlink(symlinkTarget, toFile)) {
         std::ostringstream e;
         e << this->Name << " cannot create symlink \"" << toFile << "\".";
-        this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+        this->Status.SetError(e.str());
         return false;
       }
     }
 
     fromFile = newFromFile;
-    toFile = toFilePath + "/" + symlinkTarget;
+    toFile = cmStrCat(toFilePath, "/", symlinkTarget);
   }
 
   return true;
@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << this->Name << " cannot read symlink \"" << fromFile
       << "\" to duplicate at \"" << toFile << "\".";
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << this->Name << " cannot duplicate symlink \"" << fromFile
         << "\" at \"" << toFile << "\".";
-      this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+      this->Status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -595,7 +596,7 @@
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << this->Name << " cannot copy file \"" << fromFile << "\" to \""
       << toFile << "\".";
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@
       std::ostringstream e;
       e << this->Name << " cannot set modification time on \"" << toFile
         << "\"";
-      this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+      this->Status.SetError(e.str());
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << this->Name << " cannot make directory \"" << destination
       << "\": " << cmSystemTools::GetLastSystemError();
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmFileCopier.h b/Source/cmFileCopier.h
index a79a60b..263a365 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCopier.h
+++ b/Source/cmFileCopier.h
@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-class cmFileCommand;
+class cmExecutionStatus;
 class cmMakefile;
 
 // File installation helper class.
 struct cmFileCopier
 {
-  cmFileCopier(cmFileCommand* command, const char* name = "COPY");
+  cmFileCopier(cmExecutionStatus& status, const char* name = "COPY");
   virtual ~cmFileCopier();
 
   bool Run(std::vector<std::string> const& args);
 
 protected:
-  cmFileCommand* FileCommand;
+  cmExecutionStatus& Status;
   cmMakefile* Makefile;
   const char* Name;
   bool Always;
diff --git a/Source/cmFileInstaller.cxx b/Source/cmFileInstaller.cxx
index 9378439..d28ef41 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileInstaller.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileInstaller.cxx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "cmFileInstaller.h"
 
+#include "cmExecutionStatus.h"
 #include "cmFSPermissions.h"
-#include "cmFileCommand.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 using namespace cmFSPermissions;
 
-cmFileInstaller::cmFileInstaller(cmFileCommand* command)
-  : cmFileCopier(command, "INSTALL")
+cmFileInstaller::cmFileInstaller(cmExecutionStatus& status)
+  : cmFileCopier(status, "INSTALL")
   , InstallType(cmInstallType_FILES)
   , Optional(false)
   , MessageAlways(false)
@@ -111,19 +111,19 @@
 
   if (!this->Rename.empty()) {
     if (!this->FilesFromDir.empty()) {
-      this->FileCommand->SetError("INSTALL option RENAME may not be "
-                                  "combined with FILES_FROM_DIR.");
+      this->Status.SetError("INSTALL option RENAME may not be "
+                            "combined with FILES_FROM_DIR.");
       return false;
     }
     if (this->InstallType != cmInstallType_FILES &&
         this->InstallType != cmInstallType_PROGRAMS) {
-      this->FileCommand->SetError("INSTALL option RENAME may be used "
-                                  "only with FILES or PROGRAMS.");
+      this->Status.SetError("INSTALL option RENAME may be used "
+                            "only with FILES or PROGRAMS.");
       return false;
     }
     if (this->Files.size() > 1) {
-      this->FileCommand->SetError("INSTALL option RENAME may be used "
-                                  "only with one file.");
+      this->Status.SetError("INSTALL option RENAME may be used "
+                            "only with one file.");
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@
 
   if (((this->MessageAlways ? 1 : 0) + (this->MessageLazy ? 1 : 0) +
        (this->MessageNever ? 1 : 0)) > 1) {
-    this->FileCommand->SetError("INSTALL options MESSAGE_ALWAYS, "
-                                "MESSAGE_LAZY, and MESSAGE_NEVER "
-                                "are mutually exclusive.");
+    this->Status.SetError("INSTALL options MESSAGE_ALWAYS, "
+                          "MESSAGE_LAZY, and MESSAGE_NEVER "
+                          "are mutually exclusive.");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     e << "INSTALL called with old-style " << arg << " argument.  "
       << "This script was generated with an older version of CMake.  "
       << "Re-run this cmake version on your build tree.";
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     this->Doing = DoingError;
   } else {
     return this->cmFileCopier::CheckKeyword(arg);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
   } else {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << "Option TYPE given unknown value \"" << stype << "\".";
-    this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str());
+    this->Status.SetError(e.str());
     return false;
   }
   return true;
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@
 
   // allow for / to be a valid destination
   if (destination.size() < 2 && destination != "/") {
-    this->FileCommand->SetError("called with inappropriate arguments. "
-                                "No DESTINATION provided or .");
+    this->Status.SetError("called with inappropriate arguments. "
+                          "No DESTINATION provided or .");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
       if (relative) {
         // This is relative path on unix or windows. Since we are doing
         // destdir, this case does not make sense.
-        this->FileCommand->SetError(
+        this->Status.SetError(
           "called with relative DESTINATION. This "
           "does not make sense when using DESTDIR. Specify "
           "absolute path or remove DESTDIR environment variable.");
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
           "absolute path or remove DESTDIR environment variable."
           "\nDESTINATION=\n";
         message += destination;
-        this->FileCommand->SetError(message);
+        this->Status.SetError(message);
         return false;
       }
     }
@@ -335,14 +335,14 @@
       if (!cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(destination, default_dir_mode)) {
         std::string errstring = "cannot create directory: " + destination +
           ". Maybe need administrative privileges.";
-        this->FileCommand->SetError(errstring);
+        this->Status.SetError(errstring);
         return false;
       }
     }
     if (!cmSystemTools::FileIsDirectory(destination)) {
       std::string errstring =
         "INSTALL destination: " + destination + " is not a directory.";
-      this->FileCommand->SetError(errstring);
+      this->Status.SetError(errstring);
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmFileInstaller.h b/Source/cmFileInstaller.h
index 312529a..fd883ea 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileInstaller.h
+++ b/Source/cmFileInstaller.h
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-class cmFileCommand;
+class cmExecutionStatus;
 
 struct cmFileInstaller : public cmFileCopier
 {
-  cmFileInstaller(cmFileCommand* command);
+  cmFileInstaller(cmExecutionStatus& status);
   ~cmFileInstaller() override;
 
 protected:
diff --git a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
index 04fbbad..0159ca5 100644
--- a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
@@ -517,7 +517,9 @@
         loadedPackage = true;
       } else {
         // The package was not loaded. Report errors.
-        HandlePackageMode(HandlePackageModeType::Module);
+        if (HandlePackageMode(HandlePackageModeType::Module)) {
+          loadedPackage = true;
+        }
       }
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx b/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx
index 1d961be..a565786 100644
--- a/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx
@@ -74,9 +74,8 @@
     // set the variable to the loop value
     mf.AddDefinition(this->Args[0], arg);
     // Invoke all the functions that were collected in the block.
-    cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
     for (cmListFileFunction const& func : functions) {
-      status.Clear();
+      cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
       mf.ExecuteCommand(func, status);
       if (status.GetReturnInvoked()) {
         inStatus.SetReturnInvoked();
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratedFileStream.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratedFileStream.cxx
index 2f47788..7475e9f 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratedFileStream.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratedFileStream.cxx
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cm_codecvt.hxx"
 #  include "cm_zlib.h"
 #endif
 
 cmGeneratedFileStream::cmGeneratedFileStream(Encoding encoding)
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   if (encoding != codecvt::None) {
     imbue(std::locale(getloc(), new codecvt(encoding)));
   }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     cmSystemTools::Error("Cannot open file for write: " + this->TempName);
     cmSystemTools::ReportLastSystemError("");
   }
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   if (encoding != codecvt::None) {
     imbue(std::locale(getloc(), new codecvt(encoding)));
   }
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
   return replaced;
 }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 int cmGeneratedFileStreamBase::CompressFile(std::string const& oldname,
                                             std::string const& newname)
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionNode.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionNode.cxx
index 14dc7b8..f78c72e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionNode.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionNode.cxx
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@
       }
 
       for (std::string& o : objects) {
-        o = obj_dir + o;
+        o = cmStrCat(obj_dir, o);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index d9e5e71..c07d7af 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -2526,7 +2526,7 @@
   info.WindowsExportAllSymbols =
     this->Makefile->IsOn("CMAKE_SUPPORT_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS") &&
     this->GetPropertyAsBool("WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS");
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   info.DefFileGenerated =
     info.WindowsExportAllSymbols || info.Sources.size() > 1;
 #else
@@ -3410,8 +3410,7 @@
       cmSystemTools::ParseUnixCommandLine(
         value.c_str() + LINKER_SHELL.length(), linkerOptions);
     } else {
-      linkerOptions =
-        cmSystemTools::tokenize(value.substr(LINKER.length()), ",");
+      linkerOptions = cmTokenize(value.substr(LINKER.length()), ",");
     }
 
     if (linkerOptions.empty() ||
diff --git a/Source/cmGetFilenameComponentCommand.cxx b/Source/cmGetFilenameComponentCommand.cxx
index fc82535..c948b2a 100644
--- a/Source/cmGetFilenameComponentCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGetFilenameComponentCommand.cxx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 class cmExecutionStatus;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
     // First assume the path to the program was specified with no
     // arguments and with no quoting or escaping for spaces.
     // Only bother doing this if there is non-whitespace.
-    if (!cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(filename).empty()) {
+    if (!cmTrimWhitespace(filename).empty()) {
       result = cmSystemTools::FindProgram(filename);
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx
index 997595b..00ebbb5 100644
--- a/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 
@@ -442,12 +443,12 @@
         // This command was specified as a path to a file in the
         // current directory.  Add a leading "./" so it can run
         // without the current directory being in the search path.
-        cmd = "./" + cmd;
+        cmd = cmStrCat("./", cmd);
       }
       cmd = this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
         cmd, cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
       if (useCall) {
-        cmd = "call " + cmd;
+        cmd = cmStrCat("call ", cmd);
       }
       ccg.AppendArguments(c, cmd);
       cmdLines.push_back(std::move(cmd));
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 88da5eb..4db5ca8 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include "cmWorkingDirectory.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmCryptoHash.h"
 #  include "cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.h"
 #  include "cm_jsoncpp_value.h"
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   this->ClearGeneratorMembers();
 }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 Json::Value cmGlobalGenerator::GetJson() const
 {
   Json::Value generator = Json::objectValue;
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@
 
 bool cmGlobalGenerator::QtAutoGen()
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer initializer(this->LocalGenerators);
   return initializer.generate();
 #else
@@ -2270,14 +2270,6 @@
   return false;
 }
 
-inline std::string removeQuotes(const std::string& s)
-{
-  if (s.front() == '\"' && s.back() == '\"') {
-    return s.substr(1, s.size() - 2);
-  }
-  return s;
-}
-
 bool cmGlobalGenerator::CheckCMP0037(std::string const& targetName,
                                      std::string const& reason) const
 {
@@ -2829,7 +2821,7 @@
 void cmGlobalGenerator::AddRuleHash(const std::vector<std::string>& outputs,
                                     std::string const& content)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Ignore if there are no outputs.
   if (outputs.empty()) {
     return;
@@ -2859,7 +2851,7 @@
 
 void cmGlobalGenerator::CheckRuleHashes()
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   std::string home = this->GetCMakeInstance()->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
   std::string pfile = home;
   pfile += "/CMakeFiles";
@@ -2963,7 +2955,7 @@
   file += "/Labels.txt";
   std::string json_file = dir + "/Labels.json";
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   // Check whether labels are enabled for this target.
   const char* targetLabels = target->GetProperty("LABELS");
   const char* directoryLabels =
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
index ea40ebc..830974d 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "cmTargetDepend.h"
 #include "cm_codecvt.hxx"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmFileLockPool.h"
 #  include "cm_jsoncpp_value.h"
 #endif
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     return codecvt::None;
   }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   /** Get a JSON object describing the generator.  */
   virtual Json::Value GetJson() const;
 #endif
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
   const std::set<const cmGeneratorTarget*>& GetFilenameTargetDepends(
     cmSourceFile* sf) const;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   cmFileLockPool& GetFileLockPool() { return FileLockPool; }
 #endif
 
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
   mutable std::map<cmSourceFile*, std::set<cmGeneratorTarget const*>>
     FilenameTargetDepends;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Pool of file locks
   cmFileLockPool FileLockPool;
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx
index 7cfbea6..9f3dab7 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmState.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmVersion.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
@@ -418,17 +419,17 @@
     }
 
     // create target build file
-    std::string name = target->GetName() + ".tgt" + FILE_EXTENSION;
-    std::string fname = rootBinaryDir + "/" + name;
+    std::string name = cmStrCat(target->GetName(), ".tgt", FILE_EXTENSION);
+    std::string fname = cmStrCat(rootBinaryDir, "/", name);
     cmGeneratedFileStream fbld(fname);
     fbld.SetCopyIfDifferent(true);
     this->WriteFileHeader(fbld);
     GhsMultiGpj::WriteGpjTag(GhsMultiGpj::PROJECT, fbld);
     std::vector<cmGeneratorTarget const*> build;
     if (ComputeTargetBuildOrder(target, build)) {
-      std::string message = "The inter-target dependency graph for target [" +
-        target->GetName() + "] had a cycle.\n";
-      cmSystemTools::Error(message);
+      cmSystemTools::Error(
+        cmStrCat("The inter-target dependency graph for target [",
+                 target->GetName(), "] had a cycle.\n"));
     } else {
       for (auto& tgt : build) {
         WriteProjectLine(fbld, tgt, root, rootBinaryDir);
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 0b68966..addb0c7 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
   }
 
   // Do not add a variable if the value is empty.
-  std::string val = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(value);
+  std::string val = cmTrimWhitespace(value);
   if (val.empty()) {
     return;
   }
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
       cmSystemTools::SetFatalErrorOccured();
       return false;
     }
-    this->NinjaVersion = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(version);
+    this->NinjaVersion = cmTrimWhitespace(version);
     this->CheckNinjaFeatures();
   }
   return true;
@@ -1731,8 +1731,9 @@
   if (arg_lang == "Fortran") {
     info = cmcmd_cmake_ninja_depends_fortran(arg_tdi, arg_pp);
   } else {
-    cmSystemTools::Error("-E cmake_ninja_depends does not understand the " +
-                         arg_lang + " language");
+    cmSystemTools::Error(
+      cmStrCat("-E cmake_ninja_depends does not understand the ", arg_lang,
+               " language"));
     return 1;
   }
 
@@ -1786,8 +1787,9 @@
       cmsys::ifstream tdif(arg_tdi.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
       Json::Reader reader;
       if (!reader.parse(tdif, tdio, false)) {
-        cmSystemTools::Error("-E cmake_ninja_depends failed to parse " +
-                             arg_tdi + reader.getFormattedErrorMessages());
+        cmSystemTools::Error(
+          cmStrCat("-E cmake_ninja_depends failed to parse ", arg_tdi,
+                   reader.getFormattedErrorMessages()));
         return nullptr;
       }
     }
@@ -1866,8 +1868,9 @@
     cmsys::ifstream ddif(arg_ddi.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
     Json::Reader reader;
     if (!reader.parse(ddif, ddio, false)) {
-      cmSystemTools::Error("-E cmake_ninja_dyndep failed to parse " + arg_ddi +
-                           reader.getFormattedErrorMessages());
+      cmSystemTools::Error(cmStrCat("-E cmake_ninja_dyndep failed to parse ",
+                                    arg_ddi,
+                                    reader.getFormattedErrorMessages()));
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -1894,14 +1897,14 @@
   // Populate the module map with those provided by linked targets first.
   for (std::string const& linked_target_dir : linked_target_dirs) {
     std::string const ltmn =
-      linked_target_dir + "/" + arg_lang + "Modules.json";
+      cmStrCat(linked_target_dir, "/", arg_lang, "Modules.json");
     Json::Value ltm;
     cmsys::ifstream ltmf(ltmn.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
     Json::Reader reader;
     if (ltmf && !reader.parse(ltmf, ltm, false)) {
-      cmSystemTools::Error("-E cmake_ninja_dyndep failed to parse " +
-                           linked_target_dir +
-                           reader.getFormattedErrorMessages());
+      cmSystemTools::Error(cmStrCat("-E cmake_ninja_dyndep failed to parse ",
+                                    linked_target_dir,
+                                    reader.getFormattedErrorMessages()));
       return false;
     }
     if (ltm.isObject()) {
@@ -2005,8 +2008,9 @@
     cmsys::ifstream tdif(arg_tdi.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
     Json::Reader reader;
     if (!reader.parse(tdif, tdio, false)) {
-      cmSystemTools::Error("-E cmake_ninja_dyndep failed to parse " + arg_tdi +
-                           reader.getFormattedErrorMessages());
+      cmSystemTools::Error(cmStrCat("-E cmake_ninja_dyndep failed to parse ",
+                                    arg_tdi,
+                                    reader.getFormattedErrorMessages()));
       return 1;
     }
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
index 4a3cadd..720b6c5 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 bool cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::ParseGeneratorToolset(
   std::string const& ts, cmMakefile* mf)
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> const fields = cmSystemTools::tokenize(ts, ",");
+  std::vector<std::string> const fields = cmTokenize(ts, ",");
   std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator fi = fields.begin();
   if (fi == fields.end()) {
     return true;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index bead0e3..cd1ff61 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
   return lg;
 }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 Json::Value cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::GetJson() const
 {
   Json::Value generator = this->cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::GetJson();
@@ -518,9 +518,9 @@
           const std::string::size_type posEqual = itPair.find('=');
           if (posEqual != std::string::npos) {
             const std::string key =
-              cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(itPair.substr(0, posEqual));
+              cmTrimWhitespace(itPair.substr(0, posEqual));
             const std::string value =
-              cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(itPair.substr(posEqual + 1));
+              cmTrimWhitespace(itPair.substr(posEqual + 1));
             fout << "\t\t" << key << " = " << value << "\n";
             if (key == "SolutionGuid") {
               addGuid = false;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index f004afb..9b84732 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   //! Create a local generator appropriate to this Global Generator
   cmLocalGenerator* CreateLocalGenerator(cmMakefile* mf) override;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   Json::Value GetJson() const override;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 8f4ae62..e3cafe3 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
 
 struct cmLinkImplementation;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE) && defined(__APPLE__)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP) && defined(__APPLE__)
 #  define HAVE_APPLICATION_SERVICES
 #  include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmXMLParser.h"
 
 // parse the xml file storing the installed version of Xcode on
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
   if (name != GetActualName()) {
     return nullptr;
   }
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   cmXcodeVersionParser parser;
   std::string versionFile;
   {
@@ -2945,8 +2945,7 @@
   if (it != this->TargetGroup.end()) {
     tgroup = it->second;
   } else {
-    std::vector<std::string> tgt_folders =
-      cmSystemTools::tokenize(target, "/");
+    std::vector<std::string> tgt_folders = cmTokenize(target, "/");
     std::string curr_tgt_folder;
     for (std::vector<std::string>::size_type i = 0; i < tgt_folders.size();
          i++) {
@@ -2980,8 +2979,7 @@
   if (sg->GetFullName() != sg->GetName()) {
     std::string curr_folder = target;
     curr_folder += "/";
-    for (auto const& folder :
-         cmSystemTools::tokenize(sg->GetFullName(), "\\")) {
+    for (auto const& folder : cmTokenize(sg->GetFullName(), "\\")) {
       curr_folder += folder;
       std::map<std::string, cmXCodeObject*>::iterator i_folder =
         this->GroupNameMap.find(curr_folder);
@@ -2993,7 +2991,7 @@
       } else {
         tgroup = i_folder->second;
       }
-      curr_folder = curr_folder + "\\";
+      curr_folder += "\\";
     }
     return tgroup;
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx b/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
index c5cfd8c..7b49ae7 100644
--- a/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 {
   cmMakefile& mf = inStatus.GetMakefile();
   // execute the functions for the true parts of the if statement
-  cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
   int scopeDepth = 0;
   for (cmListFileFunction const& func : functions) {
     // keep track of scope depth
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@
 
     // should we execute?
     else if (!this->IsBlocking) {
-      status.Clear();
+      cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
       mf.ExecuteCommand(func, status);
       if (status.GetReturnInvoked()) {
         inStatus.SetReturnInvoked();
diff --git a/Source/cmIncludeGuardCommand.cxx b/Source/cmIncludeGuardCommand.cxx
index 3b126b0..e560910 100644
--- a/Source/cmIncludeGuardCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmIncludeGuardCommand.cxx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 std::string GetIncludeGuardVariableName(std::string const& filePath)
 {
   std::string result = "__INCGUARD_";
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   result += cmSystemTools::ComputeStringMD5(filePath);
 #else
   result += cmSystemTools::MakeCidentifier(filePath);
diff --git a/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx b/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx
index 5349a9d..76dafd9 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallCommand.cxx
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@
 bool cmInstallCommand::HandleExportAndroidMKMode(
   std::vector<std::string> const& args)
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   // This is the EXPORT mode.
   cmInstallCommandArguments ica(this->DefaultComponentName);
 
diff --git a/Source/cmInstallDirectoryGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmInstallDirectoryGenerator.cxx
index c8ebc8c..9357a5c 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallDirectoryGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallDirectoryGenerator.cxx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "cmInstallType.h"
 #include "cmLocalGenerator.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 #include <memory>
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@
   cmMakefile const& mf = *this->LocalGenerator->GetMakefile();
   for (std::string& d : dirs) {
     if (!cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(d)) {
-      d = mf.GetCurrentSourceDirectory() + "/" + d;
+      d = cmStrCat(mf.GetCurrentSourceDirectory(), "/", d);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.cxx
index f5bedab..af06b9d 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.cxx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <utility>
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 #  include "cmExportInstallAndroidMKGenerator.h"
 #endif
 #include "cmExportInstallFileGenerator.h"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   , LocalGenerator(nullptr)
 {
   if (android) {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
     this->EFGen = new cmExportInstallAndroidMKGenerator(this);
 #endif
   } else {
diff --git a/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
index a61239e..4e0be5e 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "cmOutputConverter.h"
 #include "cmPolicies.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@
 {
   this->Target->GetTargetObjectNames(config, objects);
   for (std::string& o : objects) {
-    o = computeInstallObjectDir(this->Target, config) + "/" + o;
+    o = cmStrCat(computeInstallObjectDir(this->Target, config), "/", o);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmJsonObjects.cxx b/Source/cmJsonObjects.cxx
index 2423faf..b8eed13 100644
--- a/Source/cmJsonObjects.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmJsonObjects.cxx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 #include "cmTest.h"
@@ -500,9 +501,9 @@
         if (!dest.empty() && cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(dest)) {
           installPath = dest;
         } else {
-          std::string installPrefix =
-            target->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX");
-          installPath = installPrefix + '/' + dest;
+          installPath = cmStrCat(
+            target->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX"), '/',
+            dest);
         }
 
         installPaths.append(installPath);
@@ -541,19 +542,19 @@
     lg->GetTargetFlags(&linkLineComputer, config, linkLibs, linkLanguageFlags,
                        linkFlags, frameworkPath, linkPath, target);
 
-    linkLibs = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkLibs);
-    linkFlags = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkFlags);
-    linkLanguageFlags = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkLanguageFlags);
-    frameworkPath = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(frameworkPath);
-    linkPath = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkPath);
+    linkLibs = cmTrimWhitespace(linkLibs);
+    linkFlags = cmTrimWhitespace(linkFlags);
+    linkLanguageFlags = cmTrimWhitespace(linkLanguageFlags);
+    frameworkPath = cmTrimWhitespace(frameworkPath);
+    linkPath = cmTrimWhitespace(linkPath);
 
-    if (!cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkLibs).empty()) {
+    if (!cmTrimWhitespace(linkLibs).empty()) {
       result[kLINK_LIBRARIES_KEY] = linkLibs;
     }
-    if (!cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkFlags).empty()) {
+    if (!cmTrimWhitespace(linkFlags).empty()) {
       result[kLINK_FLAGS_KEY] = linkFlags;
     }
-    if (!cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(linkLanguageFlags).empty()) {
+    if (!cmTrimWhitespace(linkLanguageFlags).empty()) {
       result[kLINK_LANGUAGE_FLAGS_KEY] = linkLanguageFlags;
     }
     if (!frameworkPath.empty()) {
diff --git a/Source/cmLinkLineComputer.cxx b/Source/cmLinkLineComputer.cxx
index 4430f97..5e3c790 100644
--- a/Source/cmLinkLineComputer.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLinkLineComputer.cxx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "cmOutputConverter.h"
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 cmLinkLineComputer::cmLinkLineComputer(cmOutputConverter* outputConverter,
@@ -115,16 +116,17 @@
           type = cmStateEnums::ImportLibraryArtifact;
         }
 
-        linkPath += " " + libPathFlag +
-          item.Target->GetDirectory(cli.GetConfig(), type) +
-          libPathTerminator + " ";
+        linkPath += cmStrCat(" ", libPathFlag,
+                             item.Target->GetDirectory(cli.GetConfig(), type),
+                             libPathTerminator, " ");
       }
     }
   }
 
   for (std::string const& libDir : cli.GetDirectories()) {
-    linkPath += " " + libPathFlag + this->ConvertToOutputForExisting(libDir) +
-      libPathTerminator + " ";
+    linkPath +=
+      cmStrCat(" ", libPathFlag, this->ConvertToOutputForExisting(libDir),
+               libPathTerminator, " ");
   }
 
   return linkPath;
diff --git a/Source/cmListCommand.cxx b/Source/cmListCommand.cxx
index 8c14596..868f564 100644
--- a/Source/cmListCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmListCommand.cxx
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@
                   { "STRIP", 0,
                     [&command](const std::string& s) -> std::string {
                       if (command.Selector->InSelection(s)) {
-                        return cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(s);
+                        return cmTrimWhitespace(s);
                       }
 
                       return s;
@@ -1189,8 +1189,8 @@
     const std::string option = args[argumentIndex++];
     if (option == "COMPARE") {
       if (sortCompare != cmStringSorter::Compare::UNINITIALIZED) {
-        std::string error = messageHint + "option \"" + option +
-          "\" has been specified multiple times.";
+        std::string error = cmStrCat(messageHint, "option \"", option,
+                                     "\" has been specified multiple times.");
         this->SetError(error);
         return false;
       }
@@ -1201,23 +1201,22 @@
         } else if (argument == "FILE_BASENAME") {
           sortCompare = cmStringSorter::Compare::FILE_BASENAME;
         } else {
-          std::string error = messageHint + "value \"" + argument +
-            "\" for option \"" + option + "\" is invalid.";
+          std::string error =
+            cmStrCat(messageHint, "value \"", argument, "\" for option \"",
+                     option, "\" is invalid.");
           this->SetError(error);
           return false;
         }
       } else {
-        std::string error =
-          messageHint + "missing argument for option \"" + option + "\".";
-        this->SetError(error);
+        this->SetError(cmStrCat(messageHint, "missing argument for option \"",
+                                option, "\"."));
         return false;
       }
     } else if (option == "CASE") {
       if (sortCaseSensitivity !=
           cmStringSorter::CaseSensitivity::UNINITIALIZED) {
-        std::string error = messageHint + "option \"" + option +
-          "\" has been specified multiple times.";
-        this->SetError(error);
+        this->SetError(cmStrCat(messageHint, "option \"", option,
+                                "\" has been specified multiple times."));
         return false;
       }
       if (argumentIndex < args.size()) {
@@ -1227,23 +1226,21 @@
         } else if (argument == "INSENSITIVE") {
           sortCaseSensitivity = cmStringSorter::CaseSensitivity::INSENSITIVE;
         } else {
-          std::string error = messageHint + "value \"" + argument +
-            "\" for option \"" + option + "\" is invalid.";
-          this->SetError(error);
+          this->SetError(cmStrCat(messageHint, "value \"", argument,
+                                  "\" for option \"", option,
+                                  "\" is invalid."));
           return false;
         }
       } else {
-        std::string error =
-          messageHint + "missing argument for option \"" + option + "\".";
-        this->SetError(error);
+        this->SetError(cmStrCat(messageHint, "missing argument for option \"",
+                                option, "\"."));
         return false;
       }
     } else if (option == "ORDER") {
 
       if (sortOrder != cmStringSorter::Order::UNINITIALIZED) {
-        std::string error = messageHint + "option \"" + option +
-          "\" has been specified multiple times.";
-        this->SetError(error);
+        this->SetError(cmStrCat(messageHint, "option \"", option,
+                                "\" has been specified multiple times."));
         return false;
       }
       if (argumentIndex < args.size()) {
@@ -1253,21 +1250,19 @@
         } else if (argument == "DESCENDING") {
           sortOrder = cmStringSorter::Order::DESCENDING;
         } else {
-          std::string error = messageHint + "value \"" + argument +
-            "\" for option \"" + option + "\" is invalid.";
-          this->SetError(error);
+          this->SetError(cmStrCat(messageHint, "value \"", argument,
+                                  "\" for option \"", option,
+                                  "\" is invalid."));
           return false;
         }
       } else {
-        std::string error =
-          messageHint + "missing argument for option \"" + option + "\".";
-        this->SetError(error);
+        this->SetError(cmStrCat(messageHint, "missing argument for option \"",
+                                option, "\"."));
         return false;
       }
     } else {
-      std::string error =
-        messageHint + "option \"" + option + "\" is unknown.";
-      this->SetError(error);
+      this->SetError(
+        cmStrCat(messageHint, "option \"", option, "\" is unknown."));
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 28ae82e..228495b 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "cmake.h"
 #include "cmsys/RegularExpression.hxx"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  define CM_LG_ENCODE_OBJECT_NAMES
 #  include "cmCryptoHash.h"
 #endif
@@ -745,12 +745,10 @@
   OutputFormat shellFormat = forResponseFile ? RESPONSE : SHELL;
   std::ostringstream includeFlags;
 
-  std::string flagVar = "CMAKE_INCLUDE_FLAG_";
-  flagVar += lang;
-  std::string const& includeFlag = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(flagVar);
-  flagVar = "CMAKE_INCLUDE_FLAG_SEP_";
-  flagVar += lang;
-  const char* sep = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(flagVar);
+  std::string const& includeFlag =
+    this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(cmStrCat("CMAKE_INCLUDE_FLAG_", lang));
+  const char* sep =
+    this->Makefile->GetDefinition(cmStrCat("CMAKE_INCLUDE_FLAG_SEP_", lang));
   bool quotePaths = false;
   if (this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_QUOTE_INCLUDE_PATHS")) {
     quotePaths = true;
@@ -767,23 +765,16 @@
 
   // Support special system include flag if it is available and the
   // normal flag is repeated for each directory.
-  std::string sysFlagVar = "CMAKE_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_FLAG_";
-  sysFlagVar += lang;
   const char* sysIncludeFlag = nullptr;
   if (repeatFlag) {
-    sysIncludeFlag = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(sysFlagVar);
+    sysIncludeFlag = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
+      cmStrCat("CMAKE_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_FLAG_", lang));
   }
 
-  std::string fwSearchFlagVar = "CMAKE_";
-  fwSearchFlagVar += lang;
-  fwSearchFlagVar += "_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG";
-  const char* fwSearchFlag = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(fwSearchFlagVar);
-
-  std::string sysFwSearchFlagVar = "CMAKE_";
-  sysFwSearchFlagVar += lang;
-  sysFwSearchFlagVar += "_SYSTEM_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG";
-  const char* sysFwSearchFlag =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition(sysFwSearchFlagVar);
+  const char* fwSearchFlag = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
+    cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG"));
+  const char* sysFwSearchFlag = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
+    cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_SYSTEM_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG"));
 
   bool flagUsed = false;
   std::set<std::string> emitted;
@@ -793,9 +784,8 @@
   for (std::string const& i : includes) {
     if (fwSearchFlag && *fwSearchFlag && this->Makefile->IsOn("APPLE") &&
         cmSystemTools::IsPathToFramework(i)) {
-      std::string frameworkDir = i;
-      frameworkDir += "/../";
-      frameworkDir = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(frameworkDir);
+      std::string const frameworkDir =
+        cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(cmStrCat(i, "/../"));
       if (emitted.insert(frameworkDir).second) {
         if (sysFwSearchFlag && target &&
             target->IsSystemIncludeDirectory(i, config, lang)) {
@@ -963,10 +953,8 @@
   // These are intended to simulate additional implicit include directories.
   std::vector<std::string> userStandardDirs;
   {
-    std::string key = "CMAKE_";
-    key += lang;
-    key += "_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES";
-    std::string const value = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(key);
+    std::string const value = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+      cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"));
     cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(value, userStandardDirs);
     for (std::string& usd : userStandardDirs) {
       cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(usd);
@@ -989,10 +977,9 @@
     // * Compilers like gfortran do not search their own implicit include
     //   directories for modules ('.mod' files).
     if (lang != "Fortran") {
-      std::string key = "CMAKE_";
-      key += lang;
-      key += "_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES";
-      if (const char* value = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(key)) {
+      const char* value = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
+        cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"));
+      if (value != nullptr) {
         size_t const impDirVecOldSize = impDirVec.size();
         cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(value, impDirVec);
         // FIXME: Use cmRange with 'advance()' when it supports non-const.
@@ -1210,9 +1197,8 @@
         linkFlags += " ";
       }
       if (!buildType.empty()) {
-        std::string configLinkFlags = "LINK_FLAGS_";
-        configLinkFlags += buildType;
-        targetLinkFlags = target->GetProperty(configLinkFlags);
+        targetLinkFlags =
+          target->GetProperty(cmStrCat("LINK_FLAGS_", buildType));
         if (targetLinkFlags) {
           linkFlags += targetLinkFlags;
           linkFlags += " ";
@@ -1234,9 +1220,8 @@
           this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS");
         linkFlags += " ";
         if (!buildType.empty()) {
-          std::string build = "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_";
-          build += buildType;
-          linkFlags += this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(build);
+          linkFlags += this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+            cmStrCat("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_", buildType));
           linkFlags += " ";
         }
         if (linkLanguage.empty()) {
@@ -1257,11 +1242,8 @@
         }
 
         if (target->IsExecutableWithExports()) {
-          std::string exportFlagVar = "CMAKE_EXE_EXPORTS_";
-          exportFlagVar += linkLanguage;
-          exportFlagVar += "_FLAG";
-
-          linkFlags += this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(exportFlagVar);
+          linkFlags += this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+            cmStrCat("CMAKE_EXE_EXPORTS_", linkLanguage, "_FLAG"));
           linkFlags += " ";
         }
       }
@@ -1293,9 +1275,8 @@
         linkFlags += " ";
       }
       if (!buildType.empty()) {
-        std::string configLinkFlags = "LINK_FLAGS_";
-        configLinkFlags += buildType;
-        targetLinkFlags = target->GetProperty(configLinkFlags);
+        targetLinkFlags =
+          target->GetProperty(cmStrCat("LINK_FLAGS_", buildType));
         if (targetLinkFlags) {
           linkFlags += targetLinkFlags;
           linkFlags += " ";
@@ -1470,20 +1451,12 @@
   }
 
   // Add standard libraries for this language.
-  std::string standardLibsVar = "CMAKE_";
-  standardLibsVar += cli.GetLinkLanguage();
-  standardLibsVar += "_STANDARD_LIBRARIES";
-  std::string stdLibString;
-  if (const char* stdLibs = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(standardLibsVar)) {
-    stdLibString = stdLibs;
-  }
+  std::string stdLibString = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+    cmStrCat("CMAKE_", cli.GetLinkLanguage(), "_STANDARD_LIBRARIES"));
 
   // Append the framework search path flags.
-  std::string fwSearchFlagVar = "CMAKE_";
-  fwSearchFlagVar += linkLanguage;
-  fwSearchFlagVar += "_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG";
-  std::string fwSearchFlag =
-    this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(fwSearchFlagVar);
+  std::string fwSearchFlag = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+    cmStrCat("CMAKE_", linkLanguage, "_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_FLAG"));
 
   frameworkPath = linkLineComputer->ComputeFrameworkPath(cli, fwSearchFlag);
   linkPath =
@@ -1538,10 +1511,8 @@
     }
 
     if (add_shlib_flags) {
-      std::string linkFlagsVar = "CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_";
-      linkFlagsVar += linkLanguage;
-      linkFlagsVar += "_FLAGS";
-      linkFlags = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(linkFlagsVar);
+      linkFlags = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+        cmStrCat("CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_", linkLanguage, "_FLAGS"));
     }
   }
   return linkFlags;
@@ -1599,10 +1570,8 @@
                                         const std::string& config)
 {
   // Add language-specific flags.
-  std::string flagsVar = "CMAKE_";
-  flagsVar += lang;
-  flagsVar += "_FLAGS";
-  this->AddConfigVariableFlags(flags, flagsVar, config);
+  this->AddConfigVariableFlags(flags, cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_FLAGS"),
+                               config);
 
   // Add MSVC runtime library flags.  This is activated by the presence
   // of a default selection whether or not it is overridden by a property.
@@ -1773,10 +1742,9 @@
 
   // Add flags for dealing with shared libraries for this language.
   if (shared) {
-    flagsVar = "CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_";
-    flagsVar += lang;
-    flagsVar += "_FLAGS";
-    this->AppendFlags(flags, this->Makefile->GetDefinition(flagsVar));
+    this->AppendFlags(flags,
+                      this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
+                        cmStrCat("CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_", lang, "_FLAGS")));
   }
 }
 
@@ -1912,7 +1880,7 @@
   // for which a flag is defined.
   for (; stdIt < defaultStdIt; ++stdIt) {
     std::string option_flag =
-      "CMAKE_" + lang + *stdIt + "_" + type + "_COMPILE_OPTION";
+      cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, *stdIt, "_", type, "_COMPILE_OPTION");
 
     if (const char* opt =
           target->Target->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition(option_flag)) {
@@ -2065,9 +2033,7 @@
   std::string originalFlags =
     this->GlobalGenerator->GetSharedLibFlagsForLanguage(lang);
   if (shared) {
-    std::string flagsVar = "CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_";
-    flagsVar += lang;
-    flagsVar += "_FLAGS";
+    std::string flagsVar = cmStrCat("CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_", lang, "_FLAGS");
     std::string const& flags = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(flagsVar);
 
     if (flags != originalFlags) {
@@ -2106,16 +2072,12 @@
   std::string picFlags;
 
   if (targetType == cmStateEnums::EXECUTABLE) {
-    std::string flagsVar = "CMAKE_";
-    flagsVar += lang;
-    flagsVar += "_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIE";
-    picFlags = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(flagsVar);
+    picFlags = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+      cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIE"));
   }
   if (picFlags.empty()) {
-    std::string flagsVar = "CMAKE_";
-    flagsVar += lang;
-    flagsVar += "_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIC";
-    picFlags = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(flagsVar);
+    picFlags = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
+      cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIC"));
   }
   if (!picFlags.empty()) {
     std::vector<std::string> options;
@@ -2356,10 +2318,8 @@
   // Lookup the define flag for the current language.
   std::string dflag = "-D";
   if (!lang.empty()) {
-    std::string defineFlagVar = "CMAKE_";
-    defineFlagVar += lang;
-    defineFlagVar += "_DEFINE_FLAG";
-    const char* df = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(defineFlagVar);
+    const char* df =
+      this->Makefile->GetDefinition(cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_DEFINE_FLAG"));
     if (df && *df) {
       dflag = df;
     }
@@ -2405,11 +2365,9 @@
                                             const std::string& lang,
                                             const char* feature)
 {
-  std::string optVar = "CMAKE_";
-  optVar += lang;
-  optVar += "_COMPILE_OPTIONS_";
-  optVar += feature;
-  if (const char* optionList = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(optVar)) {
+  const char* optionList = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
+    cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_COMPILE_OPTIONS_", feature));
+  if (optionList != nullptr) {
     std::vector<std::string> options;
     cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(optionList, options);
     for (std::string const& o : options) {
@@ -2762,10 +2720,8 @@
     if (!replaceExt) {
       std::string lang = source.GetLanguage();
       if (!lang.empty()) {
-        std::string repVar = "CMAKE_";
-        repVar += lang;
-        repVar += "_OUTPUT_EXTENSION_REPLACE";
-        replaceExt = this->Makefile->IsOn(repVar);
+        replaceExt = this->Makefile->IsOn(
+          cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_OUTPUT_EXTENSION_REPLACE"));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index f0c6806..455e491 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
   void ComputeObjectMaxPath();
 };
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 bool cmLocalGeneratorCheckObjectName(std::string& objName,
                                      std::string::size_type dir_len,
                                      std::string::size_type max_total_len);
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index 713c985..cfad31a 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 // Include dependency scanners for supported languages.  Only the
 // C/C++ scanner is needed for bootstrapping CMake.
 #include "cmDependsC.h"
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 #  include "cmDependsFortran.h"
 #  include "cmDependsJava.h"
 #endif
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
         // This command was specified as a path to a file in the
         // current directory.  Add a leading "./" so it can run
         // without the current directory being in the search path.
-        cmd = "./" + cmd;
+        cmd = cmStrCat("./", cmd);
       }
 
       std::string launcher;
@@ -1017,18 +1017,16 @@
           std::string::size_type rcurly = cmd.find('}');
           if (rcurly == std::string::npos || rcurly > lcurly) {
             // The first curly is a left curly.  Use the hack.
-            std::string hack_cmd = cmd.substr(0, lcurly);
-            hack_cmd += "{{}";
-            hack_cmd += cmd.substr(lcurly + 1);
-            cmd = hack_cmd;
+            cmd =
+              cmStrCat(cmd.substr(0, lcurly), "{{}", cmd.substr(lcurly + 1));
           }
         }
       }
       if (launcher.empty()) {
         if (useCall) {
-          cmd = "call " + cmd;
+          cmd = cmStrCat("call ", cmd);
         } else if (this->IsNMake() && cmd[0] == '"') {
-          cmd = "echo >nul && " + cmd;
+          cmd = cmStrCat("echo >nul && ", cmd);
         }
       }
       commands1.push_back(std::move(cmd));
@@ -1479,7 +1477,7 @@
       // TODO: Handle RC (resource files) dependencies correctly.
       scanner = cm::make_unique<cmDependsC>(this, targetDir, lang, &validDeps);
     }
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
     else if (lang == "Fortran") {
       ruleFileStream << "# Note that incremental build could trigger "
                      << "a call to cmake_copy_f90_mod on each re-build\n";
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 015453a..f6f4737 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 #include "cmConfigure.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 #  include "cmVariableWatch.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   // cmListFileCache in the top level if necessary.
   this->CheckCMP0000 = false;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->AddSourceGroup("", "^.*$");
   this->AddSourceGroup("Source Files", CM_SOURCE_REGEX);
   this->AddSourceGroup("Header Files", CM_HEADER_REGEX);
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@
 
   this->PushLoopBlockBarrier();
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->GetGlobalGenerator()->GetFileLockPool().PushFunctionScope();
 #endif
 
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@
 
   this->PopFunctionBlockerBarrier(reportError);
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->GetGlobalGenerator()->GetFileLockPool().PopFunctionScope();
 #endif
 
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@
     this->Snapshot = this->GG->GetCMakeInstance()->GetCurrentSnapshot();
     this->GG->GetCMakeInstance()->SetCurrentSnapshot(this->Snapshot);
     this->GG->SetCurrentMakefile(mf);
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
     this->GG->GetFileLockPool().PushFileScope();
 #endif
   }
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@
   {
     this->Makefile->PopFunctionBlockerBarrier(this->ReportError);
     this->Makefile->PopSnapshot(this->ReportError);
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
     this->GG->GetFileLockPool().PopFileScope();
 #endif
     this->GG->SetCurrentMakefile(this->CurrentMakefile);
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@
   }
   this->StateSnapshot.SetDefinition(name, value);
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmVariableWatch* vv = this->GetVariableWatch();
   if (vv) {
     vv->VariableAccessed(name, cmVariableWatch::VARIABLE_MODIFIED_ACCESS,
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@
     this->LogUnused("unsetting", name);
   }
   this->StateSnapshot.RemoveDefinition(name);
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmVariableWatch* vv = this->GetVariableWatch();
   if (vv) {
     vv->VariableAccessed(name, cmVariableWatch::VARIABLE_REMOVED_ACCESS,
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 cmSourceGroup* cmMakefile::GetSourceGroup(
   const std::vector<std::string>& name) const
 {
@@ -2175,8 +2175,7 @@
   if (delimiter == nullptr) {
     delimiter = "\\";
   }
-  return this->GetOrCreateSourceGroup(
-    cmSystemTools::tokenize(name, delimiter));
+  return this->GetOrCreateSourceGroup(cmTokenize(name, delimiter));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2461,7 +2460,7 @@
   if (!def) {
     def = this->GetState()->GetInitializedCacheValue(name);
   }
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   if (cmVariableWatch* vv = this->GetVariableWatch()) {
     if (!def) {
       vv->VariableAccessed(
@@ -2478,7 +2477,7 @@
   if (!def) {
     def = this->GetState()->GetInitializedCacheValue(name);
   }
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmVariableWatch* vv = this->GetVariableWatch();
   if (vv && !this->SuppressSideEffects) {
     bool const watch_function_executed =
@@ -2668,7 +2667,7 @@
       if (const char* val = this->GetDefinition(var)) {
         // Store the value in the output escaping as requested.
         if (escapeQuotes) {
-          source.append(cmSystemTools::EscapeQuotes(val));
+          source.append(cmEscapeQuotes(val));
         } else {
           source.append(val);
         }
@@ -2832,7 +2831,7 @@
           // Get the string we're meant to append to.
           if (value) {
             if (escapeQuotes) {
-              varresult = cmSystemTools::EscapeQuotes(value);
+              varresult = cmEscapeQuotes(value);
             } else {
               varresult = value;
             }
@@ -2958,7 +2957,7 @@
             }
 
             if (escapeQuotes) {
-              varresult = cmSystemTools::EscapeQuotes(varresult);
+              varresult = cmEscapeQuotes(varresult);
             }
             // Skip over the variable.
             result.append(last, in - last);
@@ -3328,7 +3327,7 @@
   cmSourceFile* sf = this->GetOrCreateSource(objFile, true);
   sf->SetObjectLibrary(tgtName);
   sf->SetProperty("EXTERNAL_OBJECT", "1");
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->SourceGroups[this->ObjectLibrariesSourceGroupIndex].AddGroupFile(
     sf->GetFullPath());
 #endif
@@ -3510,7 +3509,7 @@
   return this->GlobalGenerator;
 }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 cmVariableWatch* cmMakefile::GetVariableWatch() const
 {
   if (this->GetCMakeInstance() &&
@@ -3932,14 +3931,14 @@
     this->GetState()->CreateVariableScopeSnapshot(this->StateSnapshot);
   this->PushLoopBlockBarrier();
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->GetGlobalGenerator()->GetFileLockPool().PushFunctionScope();
 #endif
 }
 
 void cmMakefile::PopScope()
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->GetGlobalGenerator()->GetFileLockPool().PopFunctionScope();
 #endif
 
@@ -3963,7 +3962,7 @@
     return;
   }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmVariableWatch* vv = this->GetVariableWatch();
   if (vv) {
     vv->VariableAccessed(var, cmVariableWatch::VARIABLE_MODIFIED_ACCESS,
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.h b/Source/cmMakefile.h
index 4d61c05..a6d1757 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.h
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmSourceGroup.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
    */
   bool CanIWriteThisFile(std::string const& fileName) const;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   /**
    * Get the vector source groups.
    */
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
  * Get the variable watch. This is used to determine when certain variables
  * are accessed.
  */
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmVariableWatch* GetVariableWatch() const;
 #endif
 
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
   // Track the value of the computed DEFINITIONS property.
   std::string DefineFlagsOrig;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   std::vector<cmSourceGroup> SourceGroups;
   size_t ObjectLibrariesSourceGroupIndex;
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
index a7f2a97..31ee4fa 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator(
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
 void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteDeviceExecutableRule(
   bool relink)
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   const bool requiresDeviceLinking = requireDeviceLinking(
     *this->GeneratorTarget, *this->LocalGenerator, this->ConfigName);
   if (!requiresDeviceLinking) {
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@
     // Expand placeholders in the commands.
     rulePlaceholderExpander->SetTargetImpLib(targetOutputReal);
     for (std::string& real_link_command : real_link_commands) {
-      real_link_command = launcher + real_link_command;
+      real_link_command = cmStrCat(launcher, real_link_command);
       rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->LocalGenerator,
                                                    real_link_command, vars);
     }
@@ -612,7 +613,7 @@
     // Expand placeholders in the commands.
     rulePlaceholderExpander->SetTargetImpLib(targetOutPathImport);
     for (std::string& real_link_command : real_link_commands) {
-      real_link_command = launcher + real_link_command;
+      real_link_command = cmStrCat(launcher, real_link_command);
       rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->LocalGenerator,
                                                    real_link_command, vars);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
index bdde4b8..4621da4 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator::cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator(
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@
 void cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator::WriteDeviceLibraryRules(
   const std::string& linkRuleVar, bool relink)
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   // TODO: Merge the methods that call this method to avoid
   // code duplication.
   std::vector<std::string> commands;
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@
 
     // Expand placeholders.
     for (std::string& real_link_command : real_link_commands) {
-      real_link_command = launcher + real_link_command;
+      real_link_command = cmStrCat(launcher, real_link_command);
       rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->LocalGenerator,
                                                    real_link_command, vars);
     }
@@ -891,7 +892,7 @@
 
       // Expand placeholders.
       for (std::string& real_link_command : real_link_commands) {
-        real_link_command = launcher + real_link_command;
+        real_link_command = cmStrCat(launcher, real_link_command);
         rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->LocalGenerator,
                                                      real_link_command, vars);
       }
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 008248c..7b26324 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@
 
     // Expand placeholders in the commands.
     for (std::string& compileCommand : compileCommands) {
-      compileCommand = launcher + compileCommand;
+      compileCommand = cmStrCat(launcher, compileCommand);
       rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->LocalGenerator,
                                                    compileCommand, vars);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmMessenger.cxx b/Source/cmMessenger.cxx
index 07d011e..af83478 100644
--- a/Source/cmMessenger.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMessenger.cxx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmsys/SystemInformation.hxx"
 #endif
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
   // Add a terminating blank line.
   msg << "\n";
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Add a C++ stack trace to internal errors.
   if (t == MessageType::INTERNAL_ERROR) {
     std::string stack = cmsys::SystemInformation::GetProgramStack(0, 0);
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index cd84c03..865ae7d 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     // Rule for linking library/executable.
     std::vector<std::string> linkCmds = this->ComputeDeviceLinkCmd();
     for (std::string& linkCmd : linkCmds) {
-      linkCmd = launcher + linkCmd;
+      linkCmd = cmStrCat(launcher, linkCmd);
       rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->GetLocalGenerator(),
                                                    linkCmd, vars);
     }
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
     // Rule for linking library/executable.
     std::vector<std::string> linkCmds = this->ComputeLinkCmd();
     for (std::string& linkCmd : linkCmds) {
-      linkCmd = launcher + linkCmd;
+      linkCmd = cmStrCat(launcher, linkCmd);
       rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->GetLocalGenerator(),
                                                    linkCmd, vars);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index 8b0a6ba..c3459be 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
     }
 
     for (std::string& i : ppCmds) {
-      i = launcher + i;
+      i = cmStrCat(launcher, i);
       rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->GetLocalGenerator(),
                                                    i, ppVars);
     }
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
   }
 
   for (std::string& i : compileCmds) {
-    i = launcher + i;
+    i = cmStrCat(launcher, i);
     rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this->GetLocalGenerator(), i,
                                                  vars);
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmOutputRequiredFilesCommand.cxx b/Source/cmOutputRequiredFilesCommand.cxx
index a66af5a..587e21c 100644
--- a/Source/cmOutputRequiredFilesCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmOutputRequiredFilesCommand.cxx
@@ -215,10 +215,8 @@
           if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cxxFile)) {
             found = true;
           }
-          for (std::string path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
-            path = path + "/";
-            path = path + cxxFile;
-            if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(path)) {
+          for (std::string const& path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
+            if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cmStrCat(path, "/", cxxFile))) {
               found = true;
             }
           }
@@ -227,10 +225,8 @@
             if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cxxFile)) {
               found = true;
             }
-            for (std::string path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
-              path = path + "/";
-              path = path + cxxFile;
-              if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(path)) {
+            for (std::string const& path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
+              if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cmStrCat(path, "/", cxxFile))) {
                 found = true;
               }
             }
@@ -240,10 +236,8 @@
             if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cxxFile)) {
               found = true;
             }
-            for (std::string path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
-              path = path + "/";
-              path = path + cxxFile;
-              if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(path)) {
+            for (std::string const& path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
+              if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cmStrCat(path, "/", cxxFile))) {
                 found = true;
               }
             }
@@ -253,10 +247,8 @@
             if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cxxFile)) {
               found = true;
             }
-            for (std::string path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
-              path = path + "/";
-              path = path + cxxFile;
-              if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(path)) {
+            for (std::string const& path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
+              if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(cmStrCat(path, "/", cxxFile))) {
                 found = true;
               }
             }
@@ -340,9 +332,9 @@
           // try to guess which include path to use
           for (std::string incpath : this->IncludeDirectories) {
             if (!incpath.empty() && incpath.back() != '/') {
-              incpath = incpath + "/";
+              incpath += "/";
             }
-            incpath = incpath + path;
+            incpath += path;
             if (srcFile->GetFullPath() == incpath) {
               // set the path to the guessed path
               info->FullPath = incpath;
@@ -421,9 +413,9 @@
 
     for (std::string path : this->IncludeDirectories) {
       if (!path.empty() && path.back() != '/') {
-        path = path + "/";
+        path += "/";
       }
-      path = path + fname;
+      path += fname;
       if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(path, true) &&
           !cmSystemTools::FileIsDirectory(path)) {
         std::string fp = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(path);
@@ -486,9 +478,7 @@
     // write them out
     FILE* fout = cmsys::SystemTools::Fopen(this->OutputFile, "w");
     if (!fout) {
-      std::string err = "Can not open output file: ";
-      err += this->OutputFile;
-      this->SetError(err);
+      this->SetError(cmStrCat("Can not open output file: ", this->OutputFile));
       return false;
     }
     std::set<cmDependInformation const*> visited;
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGen.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGen.cxx
index 712e22c..3026b33 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGen.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGen.cxx
@@ -353,9 +353,8 @@
 
       // Log command
       if (verbose) {
-        std::string msg = "Running command:\n";
-        msg += QuotedCommand(cmd);
-        msg += '\n';
+        std::string msg =
+          cmStrCat("Running command:\n", QuotedCommand(cmd), '\n');
         cmSystemTools::Stdout(msg);
       }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx
index f172b77..ca5a587 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /* Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
    file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
 #include "cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.h"
-#include "cmQtAutoGen.h"
-#include "cmQtAutoGenInitializer.h"
 
 #include "cmCustomCommandLines.h"
 #include "cmDuration.h"
@@ -11,15 +9,18 @@
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmMessageType.h"
 #include "cmProcessOutput.h"
+#include "cmQtAutoGen.h"
+#include "cmQtAutoGenInitializer.h"
 #include "cmState.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 
-#include <utility>
-
 #include "cm_memory.hxx"
 
+#include <utility>
+
 cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer::Keywords::Keywords()
   : AUTOMOC("AUTOMOC")
   , AUTOUIC("AUTOUIC")
@@ -119,23 +120,17 @@
         bool const uicDisabled = (uic && !uicAvailable);
         bool const rccDisabled = (rcc && !rccAvailable);
         if (mocDisabled || uicDisabled || rccDisabled) {
-          std::string msg = "AUTOGEN: No valid Qt version found for target ";
-          msg += target->GetName();
-          msg += ". ";
-          msg += cmQtAutoGen::Tools(mocDisabled, uicDisabled, rccDisabled);
-          msg += " disabled.  Consider adding:\n";
-          {
-            std::string version = (qtVersion.second == 0)
-              ? std::string("<QTVERSION>")
-              : std::to_string(qtVersion.second);
-            std::string comp = uicDisabled ? "Widgets" : "Core";
-            msg += "  find_package(Qt";
-            msg += version;
-            msg += " COMPONENTS ";
-            msg += comp;
-            msg += ")\n";
-          }
-          msg += "to your CMakeLists.txt file.";
+          cmAlphaNum version = (qtVersion.second == 0)
+            ? cmAlphaNum("<QTVERSION>")
+            : cmAlphaNum(qtVersion.second);
+          cmAlphaNum component = uicDisabled ? "Widgets" : "Core";
+
+          std::string const msg = cmStrCat(
+            "AUTOGEN: No valid Qt version found for target ",
+            target->GetName(), ".  ",
+            cmQtAutoGen::Tools(mocDisabled, uicDisabled, rccDisabled),
+            " disabled.  Consider adding:\n", "  find_package(Qt", version,
+            " COMPONENTS ", component, ")\n", "to your CMakeLists.txt file.");
           target->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING, msg);
         }
         if (mocIsValid || uicIsValid || rccIsValid) {
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx
index da6094d..360df25 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx
@@ -156,30 +156,27 @@
   return res;
 }
 
-std::string cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::ConfigKey(
-  const char* key, std::string const& config)
+inline std::string cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::ConfigKey(
+  cm::string_view key, std::string const& config)
 {
-  std::string ckey = key;
-  ckey += '_';
-  ckey += config;
-  return ckey;
+  return cmStrCat(key, "_", config);
 }
 
-void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::Write(const char* key,
+void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::Write(cm::string_view key,
                                                std::string const& value)
 {
   Ofs_ << "set(" << key << " " << cmOutputConverter::EscapeForCMake(value)
        << ")\n";
 };
 
-void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::WriteUInt(const char* key,
+void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::WriteUInt(cm::string_view key,
                                                    unsigned int value)
 {
   Ofs_ << "set(" << key << " " << value << ")\n";
 };
 
 template <class C>
-void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::WriteStrings(const char* key,
+void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::WriteStrings(cm::string_view key,
                                                       C const& container)
 {
   Ofs_ << "set(" << key << " \""
@@ -187,31 +184,29 @@
 }
 
 void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::WriteConfig(
-  const char* key, std::map<std::string, std::string> const& map)
+  cm::string_view key, std::map<std::string, std::string> const& map)
 {
   for (auto const& item : map) {
-    Write(ConfigKey(key, item.first).c_str(), item.second);
+    Write(ConfigKey(key, item.first), item.second);
   }
 };
 
 template <class C>
 void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::WriteConfigStrings(
-  const char* key, std::map<std::string, C> const& map)
+  cm::string_view key, std::map<std::string, C> const& map)
 {
   for (auto const& item : map) {
-    WriteStrings(ConfigKey(key, item.first).c_str(), item.second);
+    WriteStrings(ConfigKey(key, item.first), item.second);
   }
 }
 
 void cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InfoWriter::WriteNestedLists(
-  const char* key, std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> const& lists)
+  cm::string_view key, std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> const& lists)
 {
   std::vector<std::string> seplist;
-  for (const std::vector<std::string>& list : lists) {
-    std::string blist = "{";
-    blist += ListJoin(list.begin(), list.end());
-    blist += "}";
-    seplist.push_back(std::move(blist));
+  seplist.reserve(lists.size());
+  for (std::vector<std::string> const& list : lists) {
+    seplist.push_back(cmStrCat("{", ListJoin(list.begin(), list.end()), "}"));
   }
   Write(key, cmJoin(seplist, cmQtAutoGen::ListSep));
 };
@@ -721,14 +716,13 @@
       if (muf.MocIt || muf.UicIt) {
         // Search for the default header file and a private header
         std::string const& srcPath = muf.SF->GetFullPath();
-        std::string basePath = cmQtAutoGen::SubDirPrefix(srcPath);
-        basePath += cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(srcPath);
+        std::string basePath =
+          cmStrCat(cmQtAutoGen::SubDirPrefix(srcPath),
+                   cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(srcPath));
         for (auto const& suffix : suffixes) {
           std::string const suffixedPath = basePath + suffix;
           for (auto const& ext : exts) {
-            std::string fullPath = suffixedPath;
-            fullPath += '.';
-            fullPath += ext;
+            std::string fullPath = cmStrCat(suffixedPath, '.', ext);
 
             auto constexpr locationKind = cmSourceFileLocationKind::Known;
             cmSourceFile* sf = makefile->GetSource(fullPath, locationKind);
@@ -833,9 +827,8 @@
         this->AutogenTarget.DependFiles.insert(muf->RealPath);
       }
     } else if (this->CMP0071Warn) {
-      std::string msg;
-      msg += cmPolicies::GetPolicyWarning(cmPolicies::CMP0071);
-      msg += '\n';
+      std::string msg =
+        cmStrCat(cmPolicies::GetPolicyWarning(cmPolicies::CMP0071), '\n');
       std::string property;
       if (this->Moc.Enabled && this->Uic.Enabled) {
         property = kw.SKIP_AUTOGEN;
@@ -888,18 +881,10 @@
       for (Qrc& qrc : this->Rcc.Qrcs) {
         qrc.PathChecksum = fpathCheckSum.getPart(qrc.QrcFile);
         // RCC output file name
+        qrc.RccFile = cmStrCat(this->Dir.Build + "/", qrc.PathChecksum,
+                               "/qrc_", qrc.QrcName, ".cpp");
         {
-          std::string rccFile = this->Dir.Build + "/";
-          rccFile += qrc.PathChecksum;
-          rccFile += "/qrc_";
-          rccFile += qrc.QrcName;
-          rccFile += ".cpp";
-          qrc.RccFile = std::move(rccFile);
-        }
-        {
-          std::string base = this->Dir.Info;
-          base += "/RCC";
-          base += qrc.QrcName;
+          std::string base = cmStrCat(this->Dir.Info, "/RCC", qrc.QrcName);
           if (!qrc.Unique) {
             base += qrc.PathChecksum;
           }
@@ -932,8 +917,7 @@
         // Replace '-' with '_'. The former is not valid for symbol names.
         std::replace(name.begin(), name.end(), '-', '_');
         if (!qrc.Unique) {
-          name += "_";
-          name += qrc.PathChecksum;
+          name += cmStrCat("_", qrc.PathChecksum);
         }
         std::vector<std::string> nameOpts;
         nameOpts.emplace_back("-name");
@@ -1157,8 +1141,8 @@
       currentLine.push_back("$<CONFIG>");
       commandLines.push_back(std::move(currentLine));
     }
-    std::string ccComment = "Automatic RCC for ";
-    ccComment += FileProjectRelativePath(makefile, qrc.QrcFile);
+    std::string ccComment = cmStrCat(
+      "Automatic RCC for ", FileProjectRelativePath(makefile, qrc.QrcFile));
 
     if (qrc.Generated || this->Rcc.GlobalTarget) {
       // Create custom rcc target
@@ -1226,9 +1210,8 @@
 {
   // Create info directory on demand
   if (!cmSystemTools::MakeDirectory(this->Dir.Info)) {
-    std::string emsg = ("AutoGen: Could not create directory: ");
-    emsg += Quoted(this->Dir.Info);
-    cmSystemTools::Error(emsg);
+    cmSystemTools::Error(cmStrCat("AutoGen: Could not create directory: ",
+                                  Quoted(this->Dir.Info)));
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1311,10 +1294,8 @@
         }
         if (muf->MocIt || muf->UicIt) {
           headers.emplace_back(muf->RealPath);
-          std::string flags;
-          flags += muf->MocIt ? 'M' : 'm';
-          flags += muf->UicIt ? 'U' : 'u';
-          headersFlags.emplace_back(std::move(flags));
+          headersFlags.emplace_back(
+            cmStrCat(muf->MocIt ? "M" : "m", muf->UicIt ? "U" : "u"));
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1323,14 +1304,13 @@
       cmFilePathChecksum const fpathCheckSum(makefile);
       std::unordered_set<std::string> emitted;
       for (std::string const& hdr : headers) {
-        std::string basePath = fpathCheckSum.getPart(hdr);
-        basePath += "/moc_";
-        basePath += cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(hdr);
-        for (unsigned int ii = 1; ii != 1024; ++ii) {
+        std::string basePath =
+          cmStrCat(fpathCheckSum.getPart(hdr), "/moc_",
+                   cmSystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(hdr));
+        for (int ii = 1; ii != 1024; ++ii) {
           std::string path = basePath;
           if (ii > 1) {
-            path += '_';
-            path += std::to_string(ii);
+            path += cmStrCat("_", ii);
           }
           path += ".cpp";
           if (emitted.emplace(path).second) {
@@ -1369,10 +1349,8 @@
         }
         if (muf->MocIt || muf->UicIt) {
           sources.emplace_back(muf->RealPath);
-          std::string flags;
-          flags += muf->MocIt ? 'M' : 'm';
-          flags += muf->UicIt ? 'U' : 'u';
-          sourcesFlags.emplace_back(std::move(flags));
+          sourcesFlags.emplace_back(
+            cmStrCat(muf->MocIt ? "M" : "m", muf->UicIt ? "U" : "u"));
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1426,9 +1404,8 @@
       ofs.WriteStrings("AM_UIC_SEARCH_PATHS", this->Uic.SearchPaths);
     }
   } else {
-    std::string err = "AutoGen: Could not write file ";
-    err += this->AutogenTarget.InfoFile;
-    cmSystemTools::Error(err);
+    cmSystemTools::Error(cmStrCat("AutoGen: Could not write file ",
+                                  this->AutogenTarget.InfoFile));
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1467,9 +1444,8 @@
       ofs.WriteStrings("ARCC_OPTIONS", qrc.Options);
       ofs.WriteStrings("ARCC_INPUTS", qrc.Resources);
     } else {
-      std::string err = "AutoRcc: Could not write file ";
-      err += qrc.InfoFile;
-      cmSystemTools::Error(err);
+      cmSystemTools::Error(
+        cmStrCat("AutoRcc: Could not write file ", qrc.InfoFile));
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -1524,13 +1500,10 @@
     if (!groupName.empty()) {
       sourceGroup = makefile->GetOrCreateSourceGroup(groupName);
       if (sourceGroup == nullptr) {
-        std::string err;
-        err += genNameUpper;
-        err += " error in ";
-        err += property;
-        err += ": Could not find or create the source group ";
-        err += cmQtAutoGen::Quoted(groupName);
-        cmSystemTools::Error(err);
+        cmSystemTools::Error(
+          cmStrCat(genNameUpper, " error in ", property,
+                   ": Could not find or create the source group ",
+                   cmQtAutoGen::Quoted(groupName)));
         return false;
       }
     }
@@ -1622,12 +1595,8 @@
                                              bool ignoreMissingTarget) const
 {
   auto print_err = [this, &genVars](std::string const& err) {
-    std::string msg = genVars.GenNameUpper;
-    msg += " for target ";
-    msg += this->Target->GetName();
-    msg += ": ";
-    msg += err;
-    cmSystemTools::Error(msg);
+    cmSystemTools::Error(cmStrCat(genVars.GenNameUpper, " for target ",
+                                  this->Target->GetName(), ": ", err));
   };
 
   // Custom executable
@@ -1687,11 +1656,8 @@
           std::make_shared<cmQtAutoGen::CompilerFeatures>();
         return true;
       }
-      std::string err = "Could not find ";
-      err += executable;
-      err += " executable target ";
-      err += targetName;
-      print_err(err);
+      print_err(cmStrCat("Could not find ", executable, " executable target ",
+                         targetName));
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.h b/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.h
index eb0d35e..7d72cad 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.h
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "cmConfigure.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "cmGeneratedFileStream.h"
 #include "cmQtAutoGen.h"
+#include "cm_string_view.hxx"
 
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
@@ -85,24 +86,24 @@
     /// @return True if the file is open
     explicit operator bool() const { return static_cast<bool>(Ofs_); }
 
-    void Write(const char* text) { Ofs_ << text; }
-    void Write(const char* key, std::string const& value);
-    void WriteUInt(const char* key, unsigned int value);
+    void Write(cm::string_view text) { Ofs_ << text; }
+    void Write(cm::string_view, std::string const& value);
+    void WriteUInt(cm::string_view, unsigned int value);
 
     template <class C>
-    void WriteStrings(const char* key, C const& container);
-    void WriteConfig(const char* key,
+    void WriteStrings(cm::string_view, C const& container);
+    void WriteConfig(cm::string_view,
                      std::map<std::string, std::string> const& map);
     template <class C>
-    void WriteConfigStrings(const char* key,
+    void WriteConfigStrings(cm::string_view,
                             std::map<std::string, C> const& map);
-    void WriteNestedLists(const char* key,
+    void WriteNestedLists(cm::string_view,
                           std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> const& lists);
 
   private:
     template <class IT>
     static std::string ListJoin(IT it_begin, IT it_end);
-    static std::string ConfigKey(const char* key, std::string const& config);
+    static std::string ConfigKey(cm::string_view, std::string const& config);
 
   private:
     cmGeneratedFileStream Ofs_;
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.cxx
index 2516d84..0ad87b1 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.cxx
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /* Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
    file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
 #include "cmQtAutoGenerator.h"
-#include "cmQtAutoGen.h"
-
-#include "cmsys/FStream.hxx"
 
 #include "cm_memory.hxx"
+#include "cmsys/FStream.hxx"
 
 #include "cmGlobalGenerator.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
+#include "cmQtAutoGen.h"
 #include "cmState.h"
 #include "cmStateDirectory.h"
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
 
@@ -60,19 +60,13 @@
 
 std::string cmQtAutoGenerator::Logger::HeadLine(std::string const& title)
 {
-  std::string head = title;
-  head += '\n';
-  head.append(head.size() - 1, '-');
-  head += '\n';
-  return head;
+  return cmStrCat(title, "\n", std::string(title.size(), '-'), "\n");
 }
 
 void cmQtAutoGenerator::Logger::Info(GenT genType,
                                      std::string const& message) const
 {
-  std::string msg = GeneratorName(genType);
-  msg += ": ";
-  msg += message;
+  std::string msg = cmStrCat(GeneratorName(genType), ": ", message);
   if (msg.back() != '\n') {
     msg.push_back('\n');
   }
@@ -110,19 +104,13 @@
                                             std::string const& filename,
                                             std::string const& message) const
 {
-  std::string msg = "  ";
-  msg += Quoted(filename);
-  msg.push_back('\n');
-  // Message
-  msg += message;
-  Warning(genType, msg);
+  Warning(genType, cmStrCat("  ", Quoted(filename), "\n", message));
 }
 
 void cmQtAutoGenerator::Logger::Error(GenT genType,
                                       std::string const& message) const
 {
-  std::string msg;
-  msg += HeadLine(GeneratorName(genType) + " error");
+  std::string msg = HeadLine(GeneratorName(genType) + " error");
   // Message
   msg += message;
   if (msg.back() != '\n') {
@@ -139,12 +127,7 @@
                                           std::string const& filename,
                                           std::string const& message) const
 {
-  std::string emsg = "  ";
-  emsg += Quoted(filename);
-  emsg += '\n';
-  // Message
-  emsg += message;
-  Error(genType, emsg);
+  Error(genType, cmStrCat("  ", Quoted(filename), '\n', message));
 }
 
 void cmQtAutoGenerator::Logger::ErrorCommand(
@@ -280,10 +263,8 @@
   InfoFile_ = infoFile;
   cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(InfoFile_);
   if (!InfoFileTime_.Load(InfoFile_)) {
-    std::string msg = "AutoGen: The info file ";
-    msg += Quoted(InfoFile_);
-    msg += " is not readable\n";
-    cmSystemTools::Stderr(msg);
+    cmSystemTools::Stderr(cmStrCat("AutoGen: The info file ",
+                                   Quoted(InfoFile_), " is not readable\n"));
     return false;
   }
   InfoDir_ = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(infoFile);
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx
index 0801c24..e693816 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoMocUic.cxx
@@ -302,10 +302,9 @@
       }
       // Execute command
       if (!RunProcess(GenT::MOC, result, cmd, reason.get())) {
-        std::string msg = "The content generation command for ";
-        msg += Quoted(predefsFileRel);
-        msg += " failed.\n";
-        msg += result.ErrorMessage;
+        std::string msg =
+          cmStrCat("The content generation command for ",
+                   Quoted(predefsFileRel), " failed.\n", result.ErrorMessage);
         LogCommandError(GenT::MOC, msg, cmd, result.StdOut);
         return;
       }
@@ -314,9 +313,8 @@
     // (Re)write predefs file only on demand
     if (cmQtAutoGenerator::FileDiffers(predefsFileAbs, result.StdOut)) {
       if (!cmQtAutoGenerator::FileWrite(predefsFileAbs, result.StdOut)) {
-        std::string msg = "Writing ";
-        msg += Quoted(predefsFileRel);
-        msg += " failed.";
+        std::string msg =
+          cmStrCat("Writing ", Quoted(predefsFileRel), " failed.");
         LogFileError(GenT::MOC, predefsFileAbs, msg);
         return;
       }
@@ -326,9 +324,8 @@
         Log().Info(GenT::MOC, "Touching " + Quoted(predefsFileRel));
       }
       if (!cmSystemTools::Touch(predefsFileAbs, false)) {
-        std::string msg = "Touching ";
-        msg += Quoted(predefsFileAbs);
-        msg += " failed.";
+        std::string msg =
+          cmStrCat("Touching ", Quoted(predefsFileAbs), " failed.");
         LogFileError(GenT::MOC, predefsFileAbs, msg);
         return;
       }
@@ -663,13 +660,11 @@
   if (!sourceIncludesDotMoc && !parseData.Macro.empty() &&
       !(relaxedMode && sourceIncludesMocUnderscore)) {
     {
-      std::string emsg = "The file contains a ";
-      emsg += Quoted(parseData.Macro);
-      emsg += " macro, but does not include ";
-      emsg += Quoted(sourceBase + ".moc");
-      emsg += "!\nConsider to\n  - add #include \"";
-      emsg += sourceBase;
-      emsg += ".moc\"\n  - enable SKIP_AUTOMOC for this file";
+      std::string emsg =
+        cmStrCat("The file contains a ", Quoted(parseData.Macro),
+                 " macro, but does not include ", Quoted(sourceBase + ".moc"),
+                 "!\nConsider to\n  - add #include \"", sourceBase,
+                 ".moc\"\n  - enable SKIP_AUTOMOC for this file");
       LogFileError(GenT::MOC, sourceFile.FileName, emsg);
     }
     return false;
@@ -700,18 +695,14 @@
       // used. This is for KDE4 compatibility.
       {
         // Issue a warning
-        std::string msg = "The file contains a ";
-        msg += Quoted(parseData.Macro);
-        msg += " macro, but does not include ";
-        msg += Quoted(sourceBase + ".moc");
-        msg += ".\nInstead it includes ";
-        msg += Quoted(incKey.Key);
-        msg += ".\nRunning moc on the source\n  ";
-        msg += Quoted(sourceFile.FileName);
-        msg += "!\nBetter include ";
-        msg += Quoted(sourceBase + ".moc");
-        msg += " for compatibility with regular mode.\n";
-        msg += "This is a CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE warning.\n";
+        std::string msg = cmStrCat(
+          "The file contains a ", Quoted(parseData.Macro),
+          " macro, but does not include ", Quoted(sourceBase + ".moc"),
+          ".\nInstead it includes ", Quoted(incKey.Key),
+          ".\nRunning moc on the source\n  ", Quoted(sourceFile.FileName),
+          "!\nBetter include ", Quoted(sourceBase + ".moc"),
+          " for compatibility with regular mode.\n",
+          "This is a CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE warning.\n");
         Log().WarningFile(GenT::MOC, sourceFile.FileName, msg);
       }
       // Create mapping
@@ -764,28 +755,22 @@
       }
       // Issue a warning
       if (ownMoc && parseData.Macro.empty()) {
-        std::string msg = "The file includes the moc file ";
-        msg += Quoted(incKey.Key);
-        msg += ", but does not contain a\n";
-        msg += MocConst().MacrosString();
-        msg += " macro.\nRunning moc on the header\n  ";
-        msg += Quoted(header->FileName);
-        msg += "!\nBetter include ";
-        msg += Quoted("moc_" + incKey.Base + ".cpp");
-        msg += " for a compatibility with regular mode.\n";
-        msg += "This is a CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE warning.\n";
+        std::string msg = cmStrCat(
+          "The file includes the moc file ", Quoted(incKey.Key),
+          ", but does not contain a\n", MocConst().MacrosString(),
+          " macro.\nRunning moc on the header\n  ", Quoted(header->FileName),
+          "!\nBetter include ", Quoted("moc_" + incKey.Base + ".cpp"),
+          " for a compatibility with regular mode.\n",
+          "This is a CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE warning.\n");
         Log().WarningFile(GenT::MOC, sourceFile.FileName, msg);
       } else {
-        std::string msg = "The file includes the moc file ";
-        msg += Quoted(incKey.Key);
-        msg += " instead of ";
-        msg += Quoted("moc_" + incKey.Base + ".cpp");
-        msg += ".\nRunning moc on the header\n  ";
-        msg += Quoted(header->FileName);
-        msg += "!\nBetter include ";
-        msg += Quoted("moc_" + incKey.Base + ".cpp");
-        msg += " for compatibility with regular mode.\n";
-        msg += "This is a CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE warning.\n";
+        std::string msg = cmStrCat(
+          "The file includes the moc file ", Quoted(incKey.Key),
+          " instead of ", Quoted("moc_" + incKey.Base + ".cpp"),
+          ".\nRunning moc on the header\n  ", Quoted(header->FileName),
+          "!\nBetter include ", Quoted("moc_" + incKey.Base + ".cpp"),
+          " for compatibility with regular mode.\n",
+          "This is a CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE warning.\n");
         Log().WarningFile(GenT::MOC, sourceFile.FileName, msg);
       }
       // Create mapping
@@ -811,11 +796,9 @@
       }
       // Accept but issue a warning if moc isn't required
       if (parseData.Macro.empty()) {
-        std::string msg = "The file includes the moc file ";
-        msg += Quoted(incKey.Key);
-        msg += ", but does not contain a ";
-        msg += MocConst().MacrosString();
-        msg += " macro.";
+        std::string msg = cmStrCat(
+          "The file includes the moc file ", Quoted(incKey.Key),
+          ", but does not contain a ", MocConst().MacrosString(), " macro.");
         Log().WarningFile(GenT::MOC, sourceFile.FileName, msg);
       }
       // Create mapping
@@ -841,9 +824,7 @@
   }
   // Search in include directories
   for (std::string const& path : MocConst().IncludePaths) {
-    std::string testPath = path;
-    testPath += '/';
-    testPath += includeBase;
+    std::string testPath = cmStrCat(path, '/', includeBase);
     SourceFileHandleT res = MocFindHeader(testPath);
     if (res) {
       return res;
@@ -893,10 +874,9 @@
 {
   std::ostringstream res;
   {
-    std::string exts = ".{";
-    exts += cmJoin(BaseConst().HeaderExtensions, ",");
-    exts += '}';
-    // Compose result string
+    std::string exts =
+      cmStrCat(".{", cmJoin(BaseConst().HeaderExtensions, ","),
+               '}'); // Compose result string
     res << "  " << fileBase << exts << '\n';
     for (std::string const& path : MocConst().IncludePaths) {
       res << "  " << path << '/' << fileBase << exts << '\n';
@@ -914,9 +894,8 @@
   if (handle) {
     // Check if the output file would be generated from different source files
     if (handle->SourceFile != sourceFileHandle) {
-      std::string msg = "The source files\n  ";
-      msg += Quoted(includerFileHandle->FileName);
-      msg += '\n';
+      std::string msg = cmStrCat("The source files\n  ",
+                                 Quoted(includerFileHandle->FileName), '\n');
       for (auto const& item : handle->IncluderFiles) {
         msg += "  ";
         msg += Quoted(item->FileName);
@@ -1020,9 +999,8 @@
     MappingHandleT const& handle = it->second;
     if (handle->SourceFile != uiFileHandle) {
       // The output file already gets generated - from a different .ui file!
-      std::string msg = "The source files\n  ";
-      msg += Quoted(includerFileHandle->FileName);
-      msg += '\n';
+      std::string msg = cmStrCat("The source files\n  ",
+                                 Quoted(includerFileHandle->FileName), '\n');
       for (auto const& item : handle->IncluderFiles) {
         msg += "  ";
         msg += Quoted(item->FileName);
@@ -1063,8 +1041,7 @@
   std::string const& sourceFile, std::string const& sourceDir,
   IncludeKeyT const& incKey) const
 {
-  std::string searchFileName = incKey.Base;
-  searchFileName += ".ui";
+  std::string searchFileName = cmStrCat(incKey.Base, ".ui");
   // Collect search paths list
   std::vector<std::string> testFiles;
   {
@@ -1074,26 +1051,17 @@
     // Vicinity of the source
     testFiles.emplace_back(sourceDir + searchFileName);
     if (!incKey.Dir.empty()) {
-      std::string path = sourceDir;
-      path += incKey.Dir;
-      path += searchFileName;
-      testFiles.emplace_back(path);
+      testFiles.emplace_back(cmStrCat(sourceDir, incKey.Dir, searchFileName));
     }
     // AUTOUIC search paths
     if (!searchPaths.empty()) {
       for (std::string const& sPath : searchPaths) {
-        std::string path = sPath;
-        path += '/';
-        path += searchFileName;
-        testFiles.emplace_back(std::move(path));
+        testFiles.emplace_back(cmStrCat(sPath, '/', searchFileName));
       }
       if (!incKey.Dir.empty()) {
         for (std::string const& sPath : searchPaths) {
-          std::string path = sPath;
-          path += '/';
-          path += incKey.Dir;
-          path += searchFileName;
-          testFiles.emplace_back(std::move(path));
+          testFiles.emplace_back(
+            cmStrCat(sPath, '/', incKey.Dir, searchFileName));
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1118,11 +1086,10 @@
 
   // Log error
   {
-    std::string msg = "The file includes the uic file ";
-    msg += Quoted(incKey.Key);
-    msg += ",\nbut the user interface file ";
-    msg += Quoted(searchFileName);
-    msg += "\ncould not be found in the following locations\n";
+    std::string msg =
+      cmStrCat("The file includes the uic file ", Quoted(incKey.Key),
+               ",\nbut the user interface file ", Quoted(searchFileName),
+               "\ncould not be found in the following locations\n");
     for (std::string const& testFile : testFiles) {
       msg += "  ";
       msg += Quoted(testFile);
@@ -1418,10 +1385,9 @@
     }
   } else {
     // Moc command failed
-    std::string msg = "The moc process failed to compile\n  ";
-    msg += Quoted(sourceFile);
-    msg += "\ninto\n  ";
-    msg += Quoted(outputFile);
+    std::string msg =
+      cmStrCat("The moc process failed to compile\n  ", Quoted(sourceFile),
+               "\ninto\n  ", Quoted(outputFile));
     if (Mapping->IncluderFiles.empty()) {
       msg += ".\n";
     } else {
@@ -1467,11 +1433,9 @@
     }
   } else {
     // Uic command failed
-    std::string msg = "The uic process failed to compile\n  ";
-    msg += Quoted(sourceFile);
-    msg += "\ninto\n  ";
-    msg += Quoted(outputFile);
-    msg += "\nincluded by\n";
+    std::string msg =
+      cmStrCat("The uic process failed to compile\n  ", Quoted(sourceFile),
+               "\ninto\n  ", Quoted(outputFile), "\nincluded by\n");
     for (auto const& item : Mapping->IncluderFiles) {
       msg += "  ";
       msg += Quoted(item->FileName);
@@ -1564,12 +1528,8 @@
         if (length >= 2) {
           std::string::const_iterator itBeg = value.begin() + (pos + 1);
           std::string::const_iterator itEnd = itBeg + (length - 2);
-          {
-            std::string subValue(itBeg, itEnd);
-            std::vector<std::string> list;
-            cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(subValue, list);
-            lists.push_back(std::move(list));
-          }
+          lists.emplace_back(
+            cmSystemTools::ExpandedListArgument(std::string(itBeg, itEnd)));
         }
         pos += length;
         pos += ListSep.size();
@@ -1580,9 +1540,7 @@
   auto InfoGetConfig = [makefile, this](const char* key) -> std::string {
     const char* valueConf = nullptr;
     {
-      std::string keyConf = key;
-      keyConf += '_';
-      keyConf += InfoConfig();
+      std::string keyConf = cmStrCat(key, '_', InfoConfig());
       valueConf = makefile->GetDefinition(keyConf);
     }
     if (valueConf == nullptr) {
@@ -1653,9 +1611,9 @@
     return LogInfoError("CMake executable file name missing.");
   }
   if (!BaseConst_.CMakeExecutableTime.Load(BaseConst_.CMakeExecutable)) {
-    std::string error = "The CMake executable ";
-    error += Quoted(BaseConst_.CMakeExecutable);
-    error += " does not exist.";
+    std::string error =
+      cmStrCat("The CMake executable ", Quoted(BaseConst_.CMakeExecutable),
+               " does not exist.");
     return LogInfoError(error);
   }
   BaseConst_.ParseCacheFile = InfoGetConfig("AM_PARSE_CACHE_FILE");
@@ -1684,9 +1642,9 @@
     MocConst_.Enabled = true;
     // Load the executable file time
     if (!MocConst_.ExecutableTime.Load(MocConst_.Executable)) {
-      std::string error = "The moc executable ";
-      error += Quoted(MocConst_.Executable);
-      error += " does not exist.";
+      std::string error =
+        cmStrCat("The moc executable ", Quoted(MocConst_.Executable),
+                 " does not exist.");
       return LogInfoError(error);
     }
     for (std::string& sfl : InfoGetList("AM_MOC_SKIP")) {
@@ -1752,9 +1710,9 @@
     UicConst_.Enabled = true;
     // Load the executable file time
     if (!UicConst_.ExecutableTime.Load(UicConst_.Executable)) {
-      std::string error = "The uic executable ";
-      error += Quoted(UicConst_.Executable);
-      error += " does not exist.";
+      std::string error =
+        cmStrCat("The uic executable ", Quoted(UicConst_.Executable),
+                 " does not exist.");
       return LogInfoError(error);
     }
     for (std::string& sfl : InfoGetList("AM_UIC_SKIP")) {
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoRcc.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoRcc.cxx
index 59f632d..c75b2ca 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoRcc.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoRcc.cxx
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@
                         this](std::string const& key) -> std::string {
     const char* valueConf = nullptr;
     {
-      std::string keyConf = key;
-      keyConf += '_';
-      keyConf += InfoConfig();
+      std::string keyConf = cmStrCat(key, '_', InfoConfig());
       valueConf = makefile->GetDefinition(keyConf);
     }
     if (valueConf == nullptr) {
@@ -82,9 +80,8 @@
   // - Rcc executable
   RccExecutable_ = InfoGet("ARCC_RCC_EXECUTABLE");
   if (!RccExecutableTime_.Load(RccExecutable_)) {
-    std::string error = "The rcc executable ";
-    error += Quoted(RccExecutable_);
-    error += " does not exist.";
+    std::string error = cmStrCat("The rcc executable ", Quoted(RccExecutable_),
+                                 " does not exist.");
     return LogInfoError(error);
   }
   RccListOptions_ = InfoGetList("ARCC_RCC_LIST_OPTIONS");
@@ -179,10 +176,8 @@
 std::string cmQtAutoRcc::MultiConfigOutput() const
 {
   static std::string const suffix = "_CMAKE_";
-  std::string res;
-  res += RccPathChecksum_;
-  res += '/';
-  res += AppendFilenameSuffix(RccFileName_, suffix);
+  std::string res = cmStrCat(RccPathChecksum_, '/',
+                             AppendFilenameSuffix(RccFileName_, suffix));
   return res;
 }
 
@@ -273,9 +268,7 @@
       Log().Info(GenT::RCC, "Writing settings file " + Quoted(SettingsFile_));
     }
     // Write settings file
-    std::string content = "rcc:";
-    content += SettingsString_;
-    content += '\n';
+    std::string content = cmStrCat("rcc:", SettingsString_, '\n');
     std::string error;
     if (!FileWrite(SettingsFile_, content, &error)) {
       Log().ErrorFile(GenT::RCC, SettingsFile_,
@@ -403,10 +396,9 @@
   // Test if the rcc output file is older than the info file
   if (RccFileTime_.Older(InfoFileTime())) {
     if (Log().Verbose()) {
-      std::string reason = "Touching ";
-      reason += Quoted(RccFileOutput_);
-      reason += " because it is older than ";
-      reason += Quoted(InfoFile());
+      std::string reason =
+        cmStrCat("Touching ", Quoted(RccFileOutput_),
+                 " because it is older than ", Quoted(InfoFile()));
       Log().Info(GenT::RCC, reason);
     }
     // Touch build file
@@ -457,10 +449,9 @@
   if (!result || (retVal != 0)) {
     // rcc process failed
     {
-      std::string err = "The rcc process failed to compile\n  ";
-      err += Quoted(QrcFile_);
-      err += "\ninto\n  ";
-      err += Quoted(RccFileOutput_);
+      std::string err =
+        cmStrCat("The rcc process failed to compile\n  ", Quoted(QrcFile_),
+                 "\ninto\n  ", Quoted(RccFileOutput_));
       Log().ErrorCommand(GenT::RCC, err, cmd, rccStdOut + rccStdErr);
     }
     cmSystemTools::RemoveFile(RccFileOutput_);
@@ -482,12 +473,10 @@
   // Generate a wrapper source file on demand
   if (IsMultiConfig()) {
     // Wrapper file content
-    std::string content;
-    content += "// This is an autogenerated configuration wrapper file.\n";
-    content += "// Changes will be overwritten.\n";
-    content += "#include <";
-    content += MultiConfigOutput();
-    content += ">\n";
+    std::string content =
+      cmStrCat("// This is an autogenerated configuration wrapper file.\n",
+               "// Changes will be overwritten.\n", "#include <",
+               MultiConfigOutput(), ">\n");
 
     // Compare with existing file content
     bool fileDiffers = true;
diff --git a/Source/cmRST.cxx b/Source/cmRST.cxx
index a329f7d..1f9aae8 100644
--- a/Source/cmRST.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmRST.cxx
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 {
   for (auto line : this->MarkupLines) {
     if (!line.empty()) {
-      line = " " + line;
+      line = cmStrCat(" ", line);
     }
     this->OutputLine(line, inlineMarkup);
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.cxx b/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.cxx
index 45aff69..37a87e5 100644
--- a/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.cxx
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 #include "cmBinUtilsLinuxELFLinker.h"
 #include "cmBinUtilsMacOSMachOLinker.h"
 #include "cmBinUtilsWindowsPELinker.h"
-#include "cmCommand.h"
+#include "cmExecutionStatus.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 #  include "cmGlobalGenerator.h"
-#  ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#  ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 #    include "cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator.h"
 #  endif
 #  include "cmVSSetupHelper.h"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   // If generating for the VS IDE, use the same instance.
   std::string vsloc;
   bool found = false;
-#  ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#  ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   if (gg->GetName().find(prefix) == 0) {
     cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator* vsgen =
       static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator*>(gg);
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@
 }
 
 cmRuntimeDependencyArchive::cmRuntimeDependencyArchive(
-  cmCommand* command, std::vector<std::string> searchDirectories,
+  cmExecutionStatus& status, std::vector<std::string> searchDirectories,
   std::string bundleExecutable,
   const std::vector<std::string>& preIncludeRegexes,
   const std::vector<std::string>& preExcludeRegexes,
   const std::vector<std::string>& postIncludeRegexes,
   const std::vector<std::string>& postExcludeRegexes)
-  : Command(command)
+  : Status(status)
   , SearchDirectories(std::move(searchDirectories))
   , BundleExecutable(std::move(bundleExecutable))
   , PreIncludeRegexes(preIncludeRegexes.size())
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 
 void cmRuntimeDependencyArchive::SetError(const std::string& e)
 {
-  this->Command->SetError(e);
+  this->Status.SetError(e);
 }
 
 std::string cmRuntimeDependencyArchive::GetBundleExecutable()
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 
 cmMakefile* cmRuntimeDependencyArchive::GetMakefile()
 {
-  return this->Command->GetMakefile();
+  return &this->Status.GetMakefile();
 }
 
 const std::map<std::string, std::set<std::string>>&
diff --git a/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.h b/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.h
index 67efec7..e063121 100644
--- a/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.h
+++ b/Source/cmRuntimeDependencyArchive.h
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-class cmCommand;
+class cmExecutionStatus;
 class cmMakefile;
 
 class cmRuntimeDependencyArchive
 {
 public:
   explicit cmRuntimeDependencyArchive(
-    cmCommand* command, std::vector<std::string> searchDirectories,
+    cmExecutionStatus& status, std::vector<std::string> searchDirectories,
     std::string bundleExecutable,
     const std::vector<std::string>& preIncludeRegexes,
     const std::vector<std::string>& preExcludeRegexes,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   const std::set<std::string>& GetUnresolvedPaths();
 
 private:
-  cmCommand* Command;
+  cmExecutionStatus& Status;
   std::unique_ptr<cmBinUtilsLinker> Linker;
 
   std::string GetRuntimeDependenciesTool;
diff --git a/Source/cmSourceGroupCommand.cxx b/Source/cmSourceGroupCommand.cxx
index ffdd0ce..880773b 100644
--- a/Source/cmSourceGroupCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSourceGroupCommand.cxx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 std::vector<std::string> tokenizePath(const std::string& path)
 {
-  return cmSystemTools::tokenize(path, "\\/");
+  return cmTokenize(path, "\\/");
 }
 
 std::string getFullFilePath(const std::string& currentPath,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 {
   for (std::string const& file : files) {
     if (!cmHasPrefix(file, root)) {
-      error = "ROOT: " + root + " is not a prefix of file: " + file;
+      error = cmStrCat("ROOT: ", root, " is not a prefix of file: ", file);
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
     std::vector<std::string> tokenizedPath;
     if (!prefix.empty()) {
-      tokenizedPath = tokenizePath(prefix + '/' + sgFilesPath);
+      tokenizedPath = tokenizePath(cmStrCat(prefix, '/', sgFilesPath));
     } else {
       tokenizedPath = tokenizePath(sgFilesPath);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.cxx b/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.cxx
index 5deb9b0..eca761b 100644
--- a/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.cxx
@@ -5,6 +5,73 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstdio>
 
+std::string cmTrimWhitespace(cm::string_view str)
+{
+  auto start = str.begin();
+  while (start != str.end() && cmIsSpace(*start)) {
+    ++start;
+  }
+  if (start == str.end()) {
+    return std::string();
+  }
+  auto stop = str.end() - 1;
+  while (cmIsSpace(*stop)) {
+    --stop;
+  }
+  return std::string(start, stop + 1);
+}
+
+std::string cmRemoveQuotes(cm::string_view str)
+{
+  // We process only strings that have two quotes at least.
+  // Also front() and back() are only defined behavior on non empty strings.
+  if (str.size() >= 2 &&    //
+      str.front() == '"' && //
+      str.back() == '"') {
+    // Remove a quote from the front and back
+    str.remove_prefix(1);
+    str.remove_suffix(1);
+  }
+  return std::string(str);
+}
+
+std::string cmEscapeQuotes(cm::string_view str)
+{
+  std::string result;
+  result.reserve(str.size());
+  for (const char ch : str) {
+    if (ch == '"') {
+      result += '\\';
+    }
+    result += ch;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> cmTokenize(cm::string_view str, cm::string_view sep)
+{
+  std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+  cm::string_view::size_type tokend = 0;
+
+  do {
+    cm::string_view::size_type tokstart = str.find_first_not_of(sep, tokend);
+    if (tokstart == cm::string_view::npos) {
+      break; // no more tokens
+    }
+    tokend = str.find_first_of(sep, tokstart);
+    if (tokend == cm::string_view::npos) {
+      tokens.emplace_back(str.substr(tokstart));
+    } else {
+      tokens.emplace_back(str.substr(tokstart, tokend - tokstart));
+    }
+  } while (tokend != cm::string_view::npos);
+
+  if (tokens.empty()) {
+    tokens.emplace_back();
+  }
+  return tokens;
+}
+
 namespace {
 template <std::size_t N, typename T>
 inline void MakeDigits(cm::string_view& view, char (&digits)[N],
diff --git a/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h b/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h
index cdb494f..44b01b8 100644
--- a/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h
+++ b/Source/cmStringAlgorithms.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "cmRange.h"
 #include "cm_string_view.hxx"
+#include <cctype>
 #include <initializer_list>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -31,6 +32,21 @@
   std::string const Test_;
 };
 
+/** Returns true if the character @a ch is a whitespace character.  **/
+inline bool cmIsSpace(char ch)
+{
+  return ((ch & 0x80) == 0) && std::isspace(ch);
+}
+
+/** Returns a string that has whitespace removed from the start and the end. */
+std::string cmTrimWhitespace(cm::string_view str);
+
+/** Returns a string that has quotes removed from the start and the end. */
+std::string cmRemoveQuotes(cm::string_view str);
+
+/** Escape quotes in a string.  */
+std::string cmEscapeQuotes(cm::string_view str);
+
 /** Joins elements of a range with separator into a single string.  */
 template <typename Range>
 std::string cmJoin(Range const& rng, cm::string_view separator)
@@ -49,6 +65,9 @@
   return os.str();
 }
 
+/** Extract tokens that are separated by any of the characters in @a sep.  */
+std::vector<std::string> cmTokenize(cm::string_view str, cm::string_view sep);
+
 /** Concatenate string pieces into a single string.  */
 std::string cmCatViews(std::initializer_list<cm::string_view> views);
 
diff --git a/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx b/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx
index 8b3b1e3..46d9459 100644
--- a/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
 bool cmStringCommand::HandleHashCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   if (args.size() != 3) {
     std::ostringstream e;
     e << args[0] << " requires an output variable and an input string";
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@
 
 bool cmStringCommand::HandleUuidCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   unsigned int argsIndex = 1;
 
   if (args.size() < 2) {
diff --git a/Source/cmSubcommandTable.cxx b/Source/cmSubcommandTable.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6194f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/cmSubcommandTable.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+   file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
+#include "cmSubcommandTable.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include "cmExecutionStatus.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
+
+cmSubcommandTable::cmSubcommandTable(std::initializer_list<InitElem> init)
+  : Impl(init.begin(), init.end())
+{
+  std::sort(this->Impl.begin(), this->Impl.end(),
+            [](Elem const& left, Elem const& right) {
+              return left.first < right.first;
+            });
+}
+
+bool cmSubcommandTable::operator()(cm::string_view key,
+                                   std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                                   cmExecutionStatus& status) const
+{
+  auto const it = std::lower_bound(
+    this->Impl.begin(), this->Impl.end(), key,
+    [](Elem const& elem, cm::string_view k) { return elem.first < k; });
+  if (it != this->Impl.end() && it->first == key) {
+    return it->second(args, status);
+  }
+  status.SetError(cmStrCat("does not recognize sub-command ", key));
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmSubcommandTable.h b/Source/cmSubcommandTable.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21342bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/cmSubcommandTable.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+   file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
+#ifndef cmSubcommandTable_h
+#define cmSubcommandTable_h
+
+#include "cmConfigure.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
+
+#include "cm_static_string_view.hxx"
+#include "cm_string_view.hxx"
+
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+class cmExecutionStatus;
+
+class cmSubcommandTable
+{
+public:
+  using Command = bool (*)(std::vector<std::string> const&,
+                           cmExecutionStatus&);
+
+  using Elem = std::pair<cm::string_view, Command>;
+  using InitElem = std::pair<cm::static_string_view, Command>;
+
+  cmSubcommandTable(std::initializer_list<InitElem> init);
+
+  bool operator()(cm::string_view key, std::vector<std::string> const& args,
+                  cmExecutionStatus& status) const;
+
+private:
+  std::vector<Elem> Impl;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index 5f4e1fc..785e221 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cm_uv.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmArchiveWrite.h"
 #  include "cmLocale.h"
 #  include "cm_libarchive.h"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmCryptoHash.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@
 
 } // namespace
 
-static bool cm_isspace(char c)
-{
-  return ((c & 0x80) == 0) && isspace(c);
-}
-
 #if !defined(HAVE_ENVIRON_NOT_REQUIRE_PROTOTYPE)
 // For GetEnvironmentVariables
 #  if defined(_WIN32)
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 static std::string cm_archive_entry_pathname(struct archive_entry* entry)
 {
 #  if cmsys_STL_HAS_WSTRING
@@ -177,19 +172,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-std::string cmSystemTools::EscapeQuotes(cm::string_view str)
-{
-  std::string result;
-  result.reserve(str.size());
-  for (const char ch : str) {
-    if (ch == '"') {
-      result += '\\';
-    }
-    result += ch;
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 std::string cmSystemTools::HelpFileName(cm::string_view str)
 {
   std::string name(str);
@@ -198,22 +180,6 @@
   return name;
 }
 
-std::string cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(cm::string_view str)
-{
-  auto start = str.begin();
-  while (start != str.end() && cm_isspace(*start)) {
-    ++start;
-  }
-  if (start == str.end()) {
-    return std::string();
-  }
-  auto stop = str.end() - 1;
-  while (cm_isspace(*stop)) {
-    --stop;
-  }
-  return std::string(start, stop + 1);
-}
-
 void cmSystemTools::Error(const std::string& m)
 {
   std::string message = "CMake Error: " + m;
@@ -396,7 +362,7 @@
     } else {
       arg.append(backslashes, '\\');
       backslashes = 0;
-      if (cm_isspace(*c)) {
+      if (cmIsSpace(*c)) {
         if (in_quotes) {
           arg.append(1, *c);
         } else if (in_argument) {
@@ -835,7 +801,7 @@
   cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(dir);
   std::string prevDir;
   while (dir != prevDir) {
-    std::string path = dir + "/" + file;
+    std::string path = cmStrCat(dir, "/", file);
     if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(path)) {
       return path;
     }
@@ -978,7 +944,7 @@
 std::string cmSystemTools::ComputeFileHash(const std::string& source,
                                            cmCryptoHash::Algo algo)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   cmCryptoHash hash(algo);
   return hash.HashFile(source);
 #else
@@ -991,7 +957,7 @@
 
 std::string cmSystemTools::ComputeStringMD5(const std::string& input)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   cmCryptoHash md5(cmCryptoHash::AlgoMD5);
   return md5.HashString(input);
 #else
@@ -1007,7 +973,7 @@
 {
   std::string thumbprint;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE) && defined(_WIN32)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP) && defined(_WIN32)
   BYTE* certData = NULL;
   CRYPT_INTEGER_BLOB cryptBlob;
   HCERTSTORE certStore = NULL;
@@ -1365,7 +1331,7 @@
   return relative;
 }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 bool cmSystemTools::UnsetEnv(const char* value)
 {
 #  if !defined(HAVE_UNSETENV)
@@ -1430,7 +1396,7 @@
   // output and allow it to be captured on the fly.
   cmSystemTools::PutEnv("vsconsoleoutput=1");
 
-#  ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#  ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   // VS sets an environment variable to tell MS tools like "cl" to report
   // output through a backdoor pipe instead of stdout/stderr.  Unset the
   // environment variable to close this backdoor for any path of process
@@ -1452,7 +1418,7 @@
                               std::string const& mtime,
                               std::string const& format)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   std::string cwd = cmSystemTools::GetCurrentWorkingDirectory();
   cmsys::ofstream fout(outFileName.c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
   if (!fout) {
@@ -1506,7 +1472,7 @@
 #endif
 }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 namespace {
 #  define BSDTAR_FILESIZE_PRINTF "%lu"
 #  define BSDTAR_FILESIZE_TYPE unsigned long
@@ -1802,7 +1768,7 @@
                                const std::vector<std::string>& files,
                                bool verbose)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   return extract_tar(outFileName, files, verbose, true);
 #else
   (void)outFileName;
@@ -1816,7 +1782,7 @@
                             const std::vector<std::string>& files,
                             bool verbose)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   return extract_tar(outFileName, files, verbose, false);
 #else
   (void)outFileName;
@@ -2145,7 +2111,7 @@
   cmSystemToolsCMakeCommand = exe_dir;
   cmSystemToolsCMakeCommand += "/cmake";
   cmSystemToolsCMakeCommand += cmSystemTools::GetExecutableExtension();
-#ifndef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifdef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   // The bootstrap cmake does not provide the other tools,
   // so use the directory where they are about to be built.
   exe_dir = CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP_BINARY_DIR "/bin";
@@ -2175,7 +2141,7 @@
     cmSystemToolsCMClDepsCommand.clear();
   }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   // Install tree has
   // - "<prefix><CMAKE_BIN_DIR>/cmake"
   // - "<prefix><CMAKE_DATA_DIR>"
@@ -2882,31 +2848,6 @@
   return false;
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> cmSystemTools::tokenize(const std::string& str,
-                                                 const std::string& sep)
-{
-  std::vector<std::string> tokens;
-  std::string::size_type tokend = 0;
-
-  do {
-    std::string::size_type tokstart = str.find_first_not_of(sep, tokend);
-    if (tokstart == std::string::npos) {
-      break; // no more tokens
-    }
-    tokend = str.find_first_of(sep, tokstart);
-    if (tokend == std::string::npos) {
-      tokens.push_back(str.substr(tokstart));
-    } else {
-      tokens.push_back(str.substr(tokstart, tokend - tokstart));
-    }
-  } while (tokend != std::string::npos);
-
-  if (tokens.empty()) {
-    tokens.emplace_back();
-  }
-  return tokens;
-}
-
 bool cmSystemTools::StringToLong(const char* str, long* value)
 {
   errno = 0;
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.h b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
index ac1aa80..4f76b00 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.h
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
@@ -77,17 +77,9 @@
   static void ExpandRegistryValues(std::string& source,
                                    KeyWOW64 view = KeyWOW64_Default);
 
-  //! Escape quotes in a string.
-  static std::string EscapeQuotes(cm::string_view str);
-
   /** Map help document name to file name.  */
   static std::string HelpFileName(cm::string_view);
 
-  /**
-   * Returns a string that has whitespace removed from the start and the end.
-   */
-  static std::string TrimWhitespace(cm::string_view str);
-
   using MessageCallback = std::function<void(const std::string&, const char*)>;
   /**
    *  Set the function used by GUIs to display error messages
@@ -395,7 +387,7 @@
   static std::string ForceToRelativePath(std::string const& local_path,
                                          std::string const& remote_path);
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   /** Remove an environment variable */
   static bool UnsetEnv(const char* value);
 
@@ -508,10 +500,6 @@
   /** Remove a directory; repeat a few times in case of locked files.  */
   static bool RepeatedRemoveDirectory(const std::string& dir);
 
-  /** Tokenize a string */
-  static std::vector<std::string> tokenize(const std::string& str,
-                                           const std::string& sep);
-
   /** Convert string to long. Expected that the whole string is an integer */
   static bool StringToLong(const char* str, long* value);
   static bool StringToULong(const char* str, unsigned long* value);
diff --git a/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.cxx b/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.cxx
index d6918c0..d099349 100644
--- a/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.cxx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "cmListFileCache.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmMessageType.h"
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmTarget.h"
 
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@
   for (std::string const& it : content) {
     if (cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(it) ||
         cmGeneratorExpression::Find(it) == 0) {
-      dirs += sep + it;
+      dirs += cmStrCat(sep, it);
     } else {
-      dirs += sep + prefix + it;
+      dirs += cmStrCat(sep, prefix, it);
     }
     sep = ";";
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx b/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx
index da5d21e..0915986 100644
--- a/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTimestamp.cxx
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
   time_t result = mktime(&tm);
 
-#  ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#  ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   if (tz_was_set) {
     cmSystemTools::PutEnv(tz_old);
   } else {
diff --git a/Source/cmUVHandlePtr.cxx b/Source/cmUVHandlePtr.cxx
index db67463..97c27cb 100644
--- a/Source/cmUVHandlePtr.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmUVHandlePtr.cxx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
   return this->handle.get();
 }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 template <>
 struct uv_handle_deleter<uv_async_t>
 {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
   return uv_timer_start(*this, cb, timeout, repeat);
 }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 uv_tty_ptr::operator uv_stream_t*() const
 {
   return reinterpret_cast<uv_stream_t*>(handle.get());
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
 UV_HANDLE_PTR_INSTANTIATE_EXPLICIT(timer)
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 UV_HANDLE_PTR_INSTANTIATE_EXPLICIT(async)
 
 UV_HANDLE_PTR_INSTANTIATE_EXPLICIT(tty)
diff --git a/Source/cmUnsetCommand.cxx b/Source/cmUnsetCommand.cxx
index 0e903c7..3eb293a 100644
--- a/Source/cmUnsetCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmUnsetCommand.cxx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     // what is the variable name
     auto const& envVarName = variable.substr(4, variable.size() - 5);
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
     cmSystemTools::UnsetEnv(envVarName.c_str());
 #endif
     return true;
diff --git a/Source/cmUuid.cxx b/Source/cmUuid.cxx
index 51ecbd1..0dc6ca7 100644
--- a/Source/cmUuid.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmUuid.cxx
@@ -114,14 +114,12 @@
 
 std::string cmUuid::ByteToHex(unsigned char byte) const
 {
-  std::string result;
+  std::string result("  ");
   for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
     unsigned char rest = byte % 16;
     byte /= 16;
-
     char c = (rest < 0xA) ? char('0' + rest) : char('a' + (rest - 0xA));
-
-    result = c + result;
+    result.at(1 - i) = c;
   }
 
   return result;
diff --git a/Source/cmVSSetupHelper.cxx b/Source/cmVSSetupHelper.cxx
index c78361e..20f5e2f 100644
--- a/Source/cmVSSetupHelper.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVSSetupHelper.cxx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
    file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
 #include "cmVSSetupHelper.h"
 
+#include "cmStringAlgorithms.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 #include "cmsys/Encoding.hxx"
 #include "cmsys/FStream.hxx"
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@
     if (!fin || !cmSystemTools::GetLineFromStream(fin, vcToolsVersion)) {
       return false;
     }
-    vcToolsVersion = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(vcToolsVersion);
+    vcToolsVersion = cmTrimWhitespace(vcToolsVersion);
     std::string const vcToolsDir = vcRoot + "/VC/Tools/MSVC/" + vcToolsVersion;
     if (!cmSystemTools::FileIsDirectory(vcToolsDir)) {
       return false;
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
index e1b0c70..6c28996 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
     std::string arch_name = arch[0];
     std::vector<std::string> codes;
     if (!code.empty()) {
-      codes = cmSystemTools::tokenize(code[0], ",");
+      codes = cmTokenize(code[0], ",");
     }
     if (codes.empty()) {
       codes.push_back(arch_name);
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(entry, "]", "");
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(entry, "\"", "");
 
-    std::vector<std::string> codes = cmSystemTools::tokenize(entry, ",");
+    std::vector<std::string> codes = cmTokenize(entry, ",");
     if (codes.size() >= 2) {
       auto gencode_arch = cm::cbegin(codes);
       for (auto ci = gencode_arch + 1; ci != cm::cend(codes); ++ci) {
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudioSlnParser.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudioSlnParser.cxx
index 3e7e142..9eaee11 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudioSlnParser.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudioSlnParser.cxx
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
   if (!this->ParseBOM(input, line, state))
     return false;
   do {
-    line = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(line);
+    line = cmTrimWhitespace(line);
     if (line.empty())
       continue;
     ParsedLine parsedLine;
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@
     return true;
   }
   const std::string& key = line.substr(0, idxEqualSign);
-  parsedLine.SetTag(cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(key));
+  parsedLine.SetTag(cmTrimWhitespace(key));
   const std::string& value = line.substr(idxEqualSign + 1);
-  parsedLine.AddValue(cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(value));
+  parsedLine.AddValue(cmTrimWhitespace(value));
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -590,18 +590,17 @@
 {
   size_t idxLeftParen = fullTag.find('(');
   if (idxLeftParen == fullTag.npos) {
-    parsedLine.SetTag(cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(fullTag));
+    parsedLine.SetTag(cmTrimWhitespace(fullTag));
     return true;
   }
-  parsedLine.SetTag(
-    cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(fullTag.substr(0, idxLeftParen)));
+  parsedLine.SetTag(cmTrimWhitespace(fullTag.substr(0, idxLeftParen)));
   size_t idxRightParen = fullTag.rfind(')');
   if (idxRightParen == fullTag.npos) {
     this->LastResult.SetError(ResultErrorInputStructure,
                               state.GetCurrentLine());
     return false;
   }
-  const std::string& arg = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(
+  const std::string& arg = cmTrimWhitespace(
     fullTag.substr(idxLeftParen + 1, idxRightParen - idxLeftParen - 1));
   if (arg.front() == '"') {
     if (arg.back() != '"') {
@@ -618,7 +617,7 @@
 bool cmVisualStudioSlnParser::ParseValue(const std::string& value,
                                          ParsedLine& parsedLine)
 {
-  const std::string& trimmed = cmSystemTools::TrimWhitespace(value);
+  const std::string& trimmed = cmTrimWhitespace(value);
   if (trimmed.empty())
     parsedLine.AddValue(trimmed);
   else if (trimmed.front() == '"' && trimmed.back() == '"')
diff --git a/Source/cm_codecvt.hxx b/Source/cm_codecvt.hxx
index 2df3961..2060584 100644
--- a/Source/cm_codecvt.hxx
+++ b/Source/cm_codecvt.hxx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     ANSI
   };
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 
   codecvt(Encoding e);
 
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index a81b7e4..af73c8d 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "cm_string_view.hxx"
 #include "cm_sys_stat.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cm_jsoncpp_writer.h"
 
 #  include "cmFileAPI.h"
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 #  include <unordered_map>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  define CMAKE_USE_ECLIPSE
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) && defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  define CMAKE_BOOT_MINGW
 #endif
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 #  include "cmGlobalWatcomWMakeGenerator.h"
 #endif
 #include "cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h"
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h"
 #endif
 #include "cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.h"
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
-#  if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#  if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #    include "cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h"
 
 #    define CMAKE_USE_XCODE 1
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, Json::Value> JsonValueMapType;
 #endif
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 cmake::cmake(Role role, cmState::Mode mode)
   : FileTimeCache(cm::make_unique<cmFileTimeCache>())
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   , VariableWatch(cm::make_unique<cmVariableWatch>())
 #endif
   , State(cm::make_unique<cmState>())
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
   cmDeleteAll(this->Generators);
 }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 Json::Value cmake::ReportVersionJson() const
 {
   Json::Value version = Json::objectValue;
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 std::string cmake::ReportCapabilities() const
 {
   std::string result;
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   Json::FastWriter writer;
   result = writer.write(this->ReportCapabilitiesJson());
 #else
@@ -808,8 +808,8 @@
           kdevError = "\nThe KDevelop3 generator is not supported anymore.";
         }
 
-        cmSystemTools::Error("Could not create named generator " + value +
-                             kdevError);
+        cmSystemTools::Error(
+          cmStrCat("Could not create named generator ", value, kdevError));
         this->PrintGeneratorList();
         return;
       }
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
   this->AddCacheEntry("CMAKE_COMMAND",
                       cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand().c_str(),
                       "Path to CMake executable.", cmStateEnums::INTERNAL);
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   this->AddCacheEntry(
     "CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND", cmSystemTools::GetCTestCommand().c_str(),
     "Path to ctest program executable.", cmStateEnums::INTERNAL);
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
 
 void cmake::AddDefaultExtraGenerators()
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->ExtraGenerators.push_back(cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator::GetFactory());
   this->ExtraGenerators.push_back(cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator::GetFactory());
   this->ExtraGenerators.push_back(cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator::GetFactory());
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@
     this->TruncateOutputLog("CMakeError.log");
   }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->FileAPI = cm::make_unique<cmFileAPI>(this);
   this->FileAPI->ReadQueries();
 #endif
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@
   // for the Visual Studio and Xcode generators.)
   this->SaveCache(this->GetHomeOutputDirectory());
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   this->FileAPI->WriteReplies();
 #endif
 
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalMinGWMakefileGenerator::NewFactory());
 #endif
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3::NewFactory());
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  if defined(__linux__) || defined(_WIN32)
   this->Generators.push_back(cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator::NewFactory());
 #  endif
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@
 
 void cmake::PrintGeneratorList()
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmDocumentation doc;
   auto generators = this->GetGeneratorsDocumentation();
   doc.AppendSection("Generators", generators);
@@ -2270,14 +2270,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-inline std::string removeQuotes(const std::string& s)
-{
-  if (s.front() == '\"' && s.back() == '\"') {
-    return s.substr(1, s.size() - 2);
-  }
-  return s;
-}
-
 void cmake::MarkCliAsUsed(const std::string& variable)
 {
   this->UsedCliVariables[variable] = true;
@@ -2285,7 +2277,7 @@
 
 void cmake::GenerateGraphViz(const std::string& fileName) const
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmGraphVizWriter gvWriter(this->GetGlobalGenerator());
 
   std::string settingsFile = this->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
@@ -2744,7 +2736,7 @@
 
 void cmake::WatchUnusedCli(const std::string& var)
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   this->VariableWatch->AddWatch(var, cmWarnUnusedCliWarning, this);
   if (this->UsedCliVariables.find(var) == this->UsedCliVariables.end()) {
     this->UsedCliVariables[var] = false;
@@ -2754,7 +2746,7 @@
 
 void cmake::UnwatchUnusedCli(const std::string& var)
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   this->VariableWatch->RemoveWatch(var, cmWarnUnusedCliWarning);
   this->UsedCliVariables.erase(var);
 #endif
@@ -2762,7 +2754,7 @@
 
 void cmake::RunCheckForUnusedVariables()
 {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   bool haveUnused = false;
   std::ostringstream msg;
   msg << "Manually-specified variables were not used by the project:";
diff --git a/Source/cmake.h b/Source/cmake.h
index 92494ae..4c73519 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.h
+++ b/Source/cmake.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "cmStateSnapshot.h"
 #include "cmStateTypes.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cm_jsoncpp_value.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
   cmake(cmake const&) = delete;
   cmake& operator=(cmake const&) = delete;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   Json::Value ReportVersionJson() const;
   Json::Value ReportCapabilitiesJson() const;
 #endif
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
   //! this is called by generators to update the progress
   void UpdateProgress(const std::string& msg, float prog);
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   //! Get the variable watch object
   cmVariableWatch* GetVariableWatch() { return this->VariableWatch.get(); }
 #endif
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
   std::string GraphVizFile;
   InstalledFilesMap InstalledFiles;
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   std::unique_ptr<cmVariableWatch> VariableWatch;
   std::unique_ptr<cmFileAPI> FileAPI;
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmakemain.cxx b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
index 10a6825..522f9a4 100644
--- a/Source/cmakemain.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "cmake.h"
 #include "cmcmd.h"
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 #  include "cmDocumentation.h"
 #  include "cmDynamicLoader.h"
 #endif
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "cm_uv.h"
 
 #include "cmsys/Encoding.hxx"
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmsys/ConsoleBuf.hxx"
 #endif
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace {
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
 const char* cmDocumentationName[][2] = {
   { nullptr, "  cmake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator." },
   { nullptr, nullptr }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     return 1;
   }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmDocumentation doc;
   doc.addCMakeStandardDocSections();
   if (doc.CheckOptions(ac, av)) {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 
 int do_build(int ac, char const* const* av)
 {
-#ifndef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifdef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   std::cerr << "This cmake does not support --build\n";
   return -1;
 #else
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
 
 int do_install(int ac, char const* const* av)
 {
-#ifndef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifdef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   std::cerr << "This cmake does not support --install\n";
   return -1;
 #else
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 
 int do_open(int ac, char const* const* av)
 {
-#ifndef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifdef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   std::cerr << "This cmake does not support --open\n";
   return -1;
 #else
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
 int main(int ac, char const* const* av)
 {
   cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Replace streambuf so we can output Unicode to console
   cmsys::ConsoleBuf::Manager consoleOut(std::cout);
   consoleOut.SetUTF8Pipes();
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
     }
   }
   int ret = do_cmake(ac, av);
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   cmDynamicLoader::FlushCache();
 #endif
   uv_loop_close(uv_default_loop());
diff --git a/Source/cmcmd.cxx b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
index aecc978..69d5fcd 100644
--- a/Source/cmcmd.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@
 #include "cmVersion.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmDependsFortran.h" // For -E cmake_copy_f90_mod callback.
 #  include "cmServer.h"
 #  include "cmServerConnection.h"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE) && defined(_WIN32)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP) && defined(_WIN32)
 #  include "bindexplib.h"
 #  include "cmsys/ConsoleBuf.hxx"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE) && defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP) && defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #  include "cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 {
   std::ostringstream errorStream;
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
   /* clang-format off */
   errorStream
     << "cmake version " << cmVersion::GetCMakeVersion() << "\n";
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
       return 0;
     }
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
     else if (args[1] == "__create_def") {
       if (args.size() < 4) {
         std::cerr
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
       return 1;
     }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
     if (args[1] == "environment") {
       for (auto const& env : cmSystemTools::GetEnvironmentVariables()) {
         std::cout << env << std::endl;
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
       return cmcmd::ExecuteLinkScript(args);
     }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
     // Internal CMake ninja dependency scanning support.
     if (args[1] == "cmake_ninja_depends") {
       return cmcmd_cmake_ninja_depends(args.begin() + 2, args.end());
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@
       return cmcmd::ExecuteEchoColor(args);
     }
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
     if ((args[1] == "cmake_autogen") && (args.size() >= 4)) {
       cmQtAutoMocUic autoGen;
       std::string const& infoDir = args[2];
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@
           return 1;
         }
       }
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
       cmConnection* conn;
       if (isDebug) {
         conn = new cmServerStdIoConnection;
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@
       return 1;
     }
 
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
     // Internal CMake Fortran module support.
     if (args[1] == "cmake_copy_f90_mod" && args.size() >= 4) {
       return cmDependsFortran::CopyModule(args) ? 0 : 1;
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@
 
 int cmcmd::WindowsCEEnvironment(const char* version, const std::string& name)
 {
-#if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE) && defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP) && defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
   cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser parser(name.c_str());
   parser.ParseVersion(version);
   if (parser.Found()) {
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@
 // still works.
 int cmcmd::VisualStudioLink(std::vector<std::string> const& args, int type)
 {
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Replace streambuf so we output in the system codepage. CMake is set up
   // to output in Unicode (see SetUTF8Pipes) but the Visual Studio linker
   // outputs using the system codepage so we need to change behavior when
diff --git a/Source/ctest.cxx b/Source/ctest.cxx
index 3b3630f..77a84fd 100644
--- a/Source/ctest.cxx
+++ b/Source/ctest.cxx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 #include "cmsys/Encoding.hxx"
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
 #  include "cmsys/ConsoleBuf.hxx"
 #endif
 #include <iostream>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
   cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
   // Replace streambuf so we can output Unicode to console
   cmsys::ConsoleBuf::Manager consoleOut(std::cout);
   consoleOut.SetUTF8Pipes();
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLib/testStringAlgorithms.cxx b/Tests/CMakeLib/testStringAlgorithms.cxx
index 95616ff..f833502 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLib/testStringAlgorithms.cxx
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLib/testStringAlgorithms.cxx
@@ -38,6 +38,51 @@
   };
 
   // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Test cmTrimWhitespace
+  {
+    std::string base = "base";
+    std::string spaces = "  \f\f\n\n\r\r\t\t\v\v";
+    assert_string(cmTrimWhitespace(spaces + base), base,
+                  "cmTrimWhitespace front");
+    assert_string(cmTrimWhitespace(base + spaces), base,
+                  "cmTrimWhitespace back");
+    assert_string(cmTrimWhitespace(spaces + base + spaces), base,
+                  "cmTrimWhitespace front and back");
+  }
+
+  // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Test cmRemoveQuotes
+  {
+    auto test = [&assert_string](cm::string_view source,
+                                 cm::string_view expected,
+                                 cm::string_view title) {
+      assert_string(cmRemoveQuotes(source), expected, title);
+    };
+
+    test("", "", "cmRemoveQuotes empty");
+    test("\"", "\"", "cmRemoveQuotes single quote");
+    test("\"\"", "", "cmRemoveQuotes double quote");
+    test("\"a", "\"a", "cmRemoveQuotes quote char");
+    test("\"ab", "\"ab", "cmRemoveQuotes quote char char");
+    test("a\"", "a\"", "cmRemoveQuotes char quote");
+    test("ab\"", "ab\"", "cmRemoveQuotes char char quote");
+    test("a", "a", "cmRemoveQuotes single char");
+    test("ab", "ab", "cmRemoveQuotes two chars");
+    test("abc", "abc", "cmRemoveQuotes three chars");
+    test("\"abc\"", "abc", "cmRemoveQuotes quoted chars");
+    test("\"\"abc\"\"", "\"abc\"", "cmRemoveQuotes quoted quoted chars");
+  }
+
+  // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Test cmEscapeQuotes
+  {
+    assert_string(cmEscapeQuotes("plain"), "plain", "cmEscapeQuotes plain");
+    std::string base = "\"base\"\"";
+    std::string result = "\\\"base\\\"\\\"";
+    assert_string(cmEscapeQuotes(base), result, "cmEscapeQuotes escaped");
+  }
+
+  // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Test cmJoin
   {
     typedef std::string ST;
@@ -52,6 +97,21 @@
   }
 
   // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Test cmTokenize
+  {
+    typedef std::vector<std::string> VT;
+    assert_ok(cmTokenize("", ";") == VT{ "" }, "cmTokenize empty");
+    assert_ok(cmTokenize(";", ";") == VT{ "" }, "cmTokenize sep");
+    assert_ok(cmTokenize("abc", ";") == VT{ "abc" }, "cmTokenize item");
+    assert_ok(cmTokenize("abc;", ";") == VT{ "abc" }, "cmTokenize item sep");
+    assert_ok(cmTokenize(";abc", ";") == VT{ "abc" }, "cmTokenize sep item");
+    assert_ok(cmTokenize("abc;;efg", ";") == VT{ "abc", "efg" },
+              "cmTokenize item sep sep item");
+    assert_ok(cmTokenize("a1;a2;a3;a4", ";") == VT{ "a1", "a2", "a3", "a4" },
+              "cmTokenize multiple items");
+  }
+
+  // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Test cmStrCat
   {
     int ni = -1100;
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/FindPackageTest/CMakeLists.txt
index 519608c..7217f43 100644
--- a/Tests/FindPackageTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -653,3 +653,9 @@
 if(ACME_FOUND)
     message(SEND_ERROR "Should not find ACME package")
 endif()
+
+############################################################################
+##Test find_package CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG with unknown package
+
+set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG ON)
+find_package(DoesNotExist)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage-stdout.txt
index 0a67488..ebd7232 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage-stdout.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage-stdout.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 -- Found Boost: [^
-]* \(found suitable version "1\.12345", minimum required is "1\.12345"\) found components:  date_time
+]* \(found suitable version "1\.12345", minimum required is "1\.12345"\) found components: date_time
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-LowercaseTargetPrefix-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-LowercaseTargetPrefix-stdout.txt
index a781dce..1175425 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-LowercaseTargetPrefix-stdout.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-LowercaseTargetPrefix-stdout.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Found Boost: [^
-]* \(found suitable version "1\.70\.42", minimum required is "1\.70"\) found components:  date_time python37 mpi_python2 *
+]* \(found suitable version "1\.70\.42", minimum required is "1\.70"\) found components: date_time python37 mpi_python2 *
 -- Boost_FOUND: TRUE
 -- Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS: [^
 ]*/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage[^/]*/include
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-TargetsDefined-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-TargetsDefined-stdout.txt
index a4e9c6a..101d60e 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-TargetsDefined-stdout.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/LegacyVars-TargetsDefined-stdout.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Found Boost: [^
-]* \(found suitable version "1\.70\.42", minimum required is "1\.70"\) found components:  date_time python37 mpi_python2 *
+]* \(found suitable version "1\.70\.42", minimum required is "1\.70"\) found components: date_time python37 mpi_python2 *
 -- Boost_FOUND: TRUE
 -- Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS: [^
 ]*/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage[^/]*/include
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/MissingTarget-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/MissingTarget-stdout.txt
index 8e9d684..9853c01 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/MissingTarget-stdout.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/MissingTarget-stdout.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Found Boost: [^
-]* \(found suitable version "1\.70\.42", minimum required is "1\.70"\) found components:  date_time *
+]* \(found suitable version "1\.70\.42", minimum required is "1\.70"\) found components: date_time *
 -- Boost_FOUND: TRUE
 -- Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS: [^
 ]*/Tests/RunCMake/FindBoost/CMakePackage_MissingTarget/include
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 06e11b5..4581239 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@
   cmStringAlgorithms \
   cmStringReplaceHelper \
   cmStringCommand \
+  cmSubcommandTable \
   cmSubdirCommand \
   cmSystemTools \
   cmTarget \
@@ -1361,7 +1362,6 @@
 cmake_report cmConfigure.h${_tmp} "#define CMake_DEFAULT_RECURSION_LIMIT 400"
 cmake_report cmConfigure.h${_tmp} "#define CMAKE_BIN_DIR \"/bootstrap-not-insalled\""
 cmake_report cmConfigure.h${_tmp} "#define CMAKE_DATA_DIR \"/bootstrap-not-insalled\""
-cmake_report cmConfigure.h${_tmp} "#define CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP"
 cmake_report cmConfigure.h${_tmp} "#define CM_FALLTHROUGH"
 
 # Regenerate configured headers
@@ -1407,7 +1407,6 @@
   uv_c_flags="${uv_c_flags} -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600"
   libs="${libs} -lws2_32 -lpsapi -liphlpapi -lshell32 -luserenv -lole32 -loleaut32"
 else
-  uv_c_flags="${uv_c_flags} -DCMAKE_BOOTSTRAP"
   case "${cmake_system}" in
     *AIX*)
       uv_c_flags="${uv_c_flags} -D_ALL_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_LINUX_SOURCE_COMPAT"
@@ -1468,11 +1467,13 @@
   -DKWSYS_CXX_HAS_UTIMES=${KWSYS_CXX_HAS_UTIMES}
 "
 cmake_c_flags="${cmake_c_flags} \
+  -DCMAKE_BOOTSTRAP \
   -I`cmake_escape \"${cmake_bootstrap_dir}\"` \
   -I`cmake_escape \"${cmake_source_dir}/Source\"` \
   -I`cmake_escape \"${cmake_source_dir}/Source/LexerParser\"` \
   -I`cmake_escape \"${cmake_source_dir}/Utilities\"`"
 cmake_cxx_flags="${cmake_cxx_flags} \
+  -DCMAKE_BOOTSTRAP \
   -I`cmake_escape \"${cmake_bootstrap_dir}\"` \
   -I`cmake_escape \"${cmake_source_dir}/Source\"` \
   -I`cmake_escape \"${cmake_source_dir}/Source/LexerParser\"` \