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  2. QTBUG-94483

Use depfiles in add_custom_command with MSVC and Xcode when available

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    • 6.2.0
    • Build System: CMake
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      Xcode and MSBuild depfile support for add_custom_command has landed for 3.21.0.
      Makefile depfile support landed in 3.20.0.

      https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/merge_requests/6006
      https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/merge_requests/6206
      https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/merge_requests/5617

      We could now try to leverage these in our add_custom_command calls that would impact user projects.

      A non-exhaustive list of functions we might want to augment with depfile support are:

      qt6_qml_type_registration

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            alexandru.croitor Alexandru Croitor
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