add_executable(SubDirA SubDirA.c) # Link to a target imported in this directory that would not normally # be visible to the directory in which TopDir is defined. target_link_libraries(TopDir PUBLIC SameNameImported) # Do the same through an interface library in the top. target_link_libraries(TopDirInterface INTERFACE SameNameImported2) # Link SubDirA to a target imported in this directory that has the same # name as a target imported in SubDirB's directory. SubDirB will also # tell us to link its copy. At compile time we verify both are linked. target_link_libraries(SubDirA PRIVATE SameNameImported) # Import a target with the same name as a target imported in SubDirB. # Distinguish this copy by having a unique usage requirement. add_library(SameNameImported IMPORTED INTERFACE) target_compile_definitions(SameNameImported INTERFACE DEF_SameNameImportedSubDirA) add_library(SameNameImported2 INTERFACE IMPORTED) target_compile_definitions(SameNameImported2 INTERFACE DEF_SameNameImported2SubDirA)