vcpkg/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_minimum_required.md

# vcpkg_minimum_required

The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_minimum_required.md).

Asserts that the version of the vcpkg program being used to build a port is later than the supplied date, inclusive.

## Usage
```cmake
vcpkg_minimum_required(VERSION 2021-01-13)
```

## Parameters
### VERSION
The date-version to check against.

## Source
[scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_minimum\_required.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_minimum_required.cmake)
[vcpkg] Add vcpkg_minimum_required as a replacement for VERSION.txt. (#15638) 2021-01-21 04:07:41 +08:00			`# vcpkg_minimum_required`

[docs] Fix the automatically generated document URL (#16611) * [document] Fix the automatically generated document URL * [docs] Format all documents 2021-03-11 01:56:07 +08:00			`The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_minimum_required.md).`
[scripts-audit] Rollup PR 2021-02-26 (#16440) * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16419 * pull the cmake doc comment parsing out into its own function * support cmake helper ports * add real support for deprecation, as opposed to ad-hoc * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16192 * add a z_ in front of internal functions * move internal functions out set feature_vars again in parent scope * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16309 Audit vcpkg_copy_pdbs * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16304 * Fix usage, documentation * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16393 * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16377 Deprecate `vcpkg__cmake` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_` from the `vcpkg-cmake` port, as well as `vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup` from the `vcpkg-cmake-config` port. 2021-03-01 05:17:19 +08:00
[vcpkg] Add vcpkg_minimum_required as a replacement for VERSION.txt. (#15638) 2021-01-21 04:07:41 +08:00			`Asserts that the version of the vcpkg program being used to build a port is later than the supplied date, inclusive.`

			`## Usage`
			```cmake
			`vcpkg_minimum_required(VERSION 2021-01-13)`
			```

			`## Parameters`
			`### VERSION`
			`The date-version to check against.`

			`## Source`
[scripts-audit] Rollup PR 2021-02-26 (#16440) * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16419 * pull the cmake doc comment parsing out into its own function * support cmake helper ports * add real support for deprecation, as opposed to ad-hoc * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16192 * add a z_ in front of internal functions * move internal functions out set feature_vars again in parent scope * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16309 Audit vcpkg_copy_pdbs * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16304 * Fix usage, documentation * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16393 * [scripts-audit rollup] PR #16377 Deprecate `vcpkg__cmake` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_` from the `vcpkg-cmake` port, as well as `vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets` in favor of `vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup` from the `vcpkg-cmake-config` port. 2021-03-01 05:17:19 +08:00			`[scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_minimum\_required.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_minimum_required.cmake)`