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cmake: Document -E remove_directory symlink behavior

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Update documentation for the change made by commit e6c9a8bac3 (cmake:
Teach -E remove_directory to remove directory symlinks, 2019-08-26).
Also add a release note.

Issue: #19533
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Brad King 2019-09-05 08:30:09 -04:00
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``remove_directory <dir>...``
Remove ``<dir>`` directories and their contents. If a directory does
not exist it will be silently ignored.
not exist it will be silently ignored. If ``<dir>`` is a symlink to
a directory, just the symlink will be removed.
``rename <oldname> <newname>``
Rename a file or directory (on one volume). If file with the ``<newname>`` name

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remove_directory-symlink
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* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E remove_directory`` command-line tool,
when given the path to a symlink to a directory, now removes just
the symlink. It no longer removes content of the linked directory.