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+function(PreventInTreeBuilds)
+ get_filename_component(srcdir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" REALPATH)
+ get_filename_component(bindir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" REALPATH)
+
+ if("${srcdir}" STREQUAL "${bindir}")
+ message("")
+ message("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
+ message("Neovim doesn't support in-tree builds. It's recommended that you")
+ message("use a build/ subdirectory:")
+ message(" mkdir build")
+ message(" cd build")
+ message(" cmake <OPTIONS> ..")
+ message("")
+ message("Make sure to cleanup some CMake artifacts from this failed build")
+ message("with:")
+ message(" rm -rf CMakeFiles CMakeCache.txt")
+ message("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
+ message("")
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "Stopping build.")
+ endif()
+endfunction()
+
+PreventInTreeBuilds()