[CMake] Relation between .vcproj and .vcproj.cmake

[Brad King]

Steve Johns wrote:
> I'm wondering, could someone kindly explain the relationship between the 
> .vcproj and .vcproj.cmake files (in the MSVC build environment)?
> 
> I understand that the .vcproj is the actual project file as used by the 
> MSVC IDE, but what is the purpose of the .vcproj.cmake file (which I 
> notice is created, generally, with a later timestamp)?
> 
> BTW, comparing these two files, they are the same in the directory I'm 
> looking at.  Is this always the case?

The .cmake version is an implementation detail of getting VS to re-run 
CMake at the proper time to regenerate projects.

-Brad