[cmake-developers] [CMake 0011574]: source_group command fails with empty group

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11574 
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Reported By:                Ofri Sadowsky
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   11574
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2010-12-07 03:24 EST
Last Modified:              2010-12-07 03:24 EST
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Summary:                    source_group command fails with empty group
Description: 
Using: Microsoft Visual Studio (2008, 2010, ...)

The source_group command fails if the group contains no files.  This looks
almost like a correct behavior: who needs an empty group?  The trouble is when I
try to create a group with no files of its own, but with subgroups that do have
files.  In this case, the super- and subgroups are not created, and the files
are just added to the containing project/group.

A better behavior is to create the group whenever, even if empty, or when it has
children, even if no file children.

Steps to Reproduce: 
project(testproj CXX)

source_group("Parent Group" FILES "")
source_group("Parent Group\\Child" FILES "a.cpp")
add_library(testlib a.cpp)

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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2010-12-07 03:24 Ofri Sadowsky  New Issue                                    
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