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  1. end2endzone created this gist Aug 3, 2018.
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    # Inspired from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32183975/how-to-print-all-the-properties-of-a-target-in-cmake

    # Get all propreties that cmake supports
    execute_process(COMMAND cmake --help-property-list OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST)

    # Convert command output into a CMake list
    STRING(REGEX REPLACE ";" "\\\\;" CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "${CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST}")
    STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST "${CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST}")

    # Prints the given property of the given target.
    # Recursive for properties ending with <CONFIG>
    # Skips properties that are not set.
    function(print_target_property tgt prop)
    string(FIND ${prop} "<CONFIG>" isconfig)
    if (NOT ${isconfig} MATCHES -1)
    # this is a <CONFIG> property

    if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
    # Expecting makefile generator

    #try ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
    string(REPLACE "<CONFIG>" "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" propconfig ${prop})
    print_target_property(${tgt} ${propconfig})
    else()
    # Expecting Visual Studio generator

    #try RELEASE
    string(REPLACE "<CONFIG>" "RELEASE" propconfig ${prop})
    print_target_property(${tgt} ${propconfig})

    #try DEBUG
    string(REPLACE "<CONFIG>" "DEBUG" propconfig ${prop})
    print_target_property(${tgt} ${propconfig})
    endif()
    else()
    # message ("Checking ${prop}")
    get_property(propval TARGET ${tgt} PROPERTY ${prop} SET)
    if (propval)
    get_target_property(propval ${tgt} ${prop})
    message ("${tgt}.${prop}='${propval}'")
    endif()
    endif()
    endfunction(print_target_property)

    # Prints all CMake properties of the given target.
    function(print_target_properties tgt)
    if(NOT TARGET ${tgt})
    message(There is no target named '${tgt}')
    return()
    endif()

    foreach (prop ${CMAKE_PROPERTY_LIST})
    # Fix https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32197663/how-can-i-remove-the-the-location-property-may-not-be-read-from-target-error-i
    if(prop STREQUAL "LOCATION" OR prop MATCHES "^LOCATION_" OR prop MATCHES "_LOCATION$")
    continue()
    endif()

    # Try to print this property.
    print_target_property(${tgt} ${prop})
    endforeach(prop)
    endfunction(print_target_properties)