| CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE |
| ------------------------ |
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| .. versionadded:: 3.11 |
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| Generator-specific instance specification provided by user. |
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| Some CMake generators support selection of an instance of the native build |
| system when multiple instances are available. If the user specifies an |
| instance (e.g. by setting this cache entry or via the |
| :envvar:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE` environment variable), or after a default |
| instance is chosen when a build tree is first configured, the value will be |
| available in this variable. |
| |
| The value of this variable should never be modified by project code. |
| A toolchain file specified by the :variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` |
| variable may initialize ``CMAKE_GENERATOR_INSTANCE`` as a cache entry. |
| Once a given build tree has been initialized with a particular value |
| for this variable, changing the value has undefined behavior. |
| |
| Instance specification is supported only on specific generators: |
| |
| * For the :generator:`Visual Studio 15 2017` generator (and above) |
| this specifies the absolute path to the VS installation directory |
| of the selected VS instance. |
| |
| See native build system documentation for allowed instance values. |
