Implemented changes in the ly_setup_target() command to forward the ly_create_alias() command calls to the configured CMakeLists.txt per installed target

cmake/Gems.cmake

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ function(ly_create_alias)
         if (NOT TARGET ${ly_create_alias_NAME})
             add_library(${ly_create_alias_NAME} ALIAS ${de_aliased_target_name})
         endif()
+        # Store off the arguments needed used ly_create_alias into a DIRECTORY property
+        # This will be used to re-create the calls in the generated CMakeLists.txt in the INSTALL step
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " create_alias_args "${ly_create_alias_NAME},${ly_create_alias_NAMESPACE},${ly_create_alias_TARGETS}")
+        set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY LY_CREATE_ALIAS_ARGUMENTS "${ly_create_alias_NAME},${ly_create_alias_NAMESPACE},${ly_create_alias_TARGETS}")
         return()
     endif()
 
@@ -75,6 +79,13 @@ function(ly_create_alias)
 
     # now add the final alias:
     add_library(${ly_create_alias_NAMESPACE}::${ly_create_alias_NAME} ALIAS ${ly_create_alias_NAME})
+
+    # Store off the arguments needed used ly_create_alias into a DIRECTORY property
+    # This will be used to re-create the calls in the generated CMakeLists.txt in the INSTALL step
+
+    # Replace the CMake list separator with a space to replicate the space separated TARGETS arguments
+    string(REPLACE ";" " " create_alias_args "${ly_create_alias_NAME},${ly_create_alias_NAMESPACE},${ly_create_alias_TARGETS}")
+    set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY LY_CREATE_ALIAS_ARGUMENTS "${create_alias_args}")
 endfunction()
 
 # ly_enable_gems
@@ -143,7 +154,7 @@ endfunction()
 function(ly_enable_gems_delayed)
     get_property(ly_delayed_enable_gems GLOBAL PROPERTY LY_DELAYED_ENABLE_GEMS)
     foreach(project_target_variant ${ly_delayed_enable_gems})
-        # we expect a colon seperated list of 
+        # we expect a colon separated list of
         # PROJECT_NAME,target_name,variant_name
         string(REPLACE "," ";" project_target_variant_list "${project_target_variant}")
         list(LENGTH project_target_variant_list project_target_variant_length)
@@ -152,7 +163,7 @@ function(ly_enable_gems_delayed)
         endif()
         
         if(NOT project_target_variant_length EQUAL 3)
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid specificaiton of gems, expected 'project','target','variant' and got ${project_target_variant}")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid specification of gems, expected 'project','target','variant' and got ${project_target_variant}")
         endif()
 
         list(POP_BACK project_target_variant_list variant)

cmake/Platform/Common/Install_common.cmake

@@ -155,6 +155,25 @@ function(ly_setup_target ALIAS_TARGET_NAME)
     list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES INTERFACE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER)
     string(REPLACE ";" "\n" INTERFACE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER "${INTERFACE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER}")
 
+    # Replicate the ly_create_alias() calls based on the SOURCE_DIR for each target that generates an installed CMakeLists.txt
+    string(JOIN "\n" create_alias_template
+        "if(NOT TARGET @ALIAS_NAME@)"
+        "   ly_create_alias(NAME @ALIAS_NAME@ NAMESPACE @ALIAS_NAMESPACE@ TARGETS @ALIAS_TARGETS@)"
+        "endif()"
+        ""
+    )
+    get_property(create_alias_commands_arg_list DIRECTORY ${absolute_target_source_dir} PROPERTY LY_CREATE_ALIAS_ARGUMENTS)
+    foreach(create_alias_single_command_arg_list ${create_alias_commands_arg_list})
+        # Split the ly_create_alias arguments back out based on commas
+        string(REPLACE "," ";" create_alias_single_command_arg_list "${create_alias_single_command_arg_list}")
+        list(POP_FRONT create_alias_single_command_arg_list ALIAS_NAME)
+        list(POP_FRONT create_alias_single_command_arg_list ALIAS_NAMESPACE)
+        # The rest of the list are the target dependencies
+        set(ALIAS_TARGETS ${create_alias_single_command_arg_list})
+        string(CONFIGURE "${create_alias_template}" create_alias_command @ONLY)
+        string(APPEND CREATE_ALIASES_PLACEHOLDER ${create_alias_command})
+    endforeach()
+
     # Since a CMakeLists.txt could contain multiple targets, we generate it in a folder per target
     configure_file(${LY_ROOT_FOLDER}/cmake/install/TargetCMakeLists.txt.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install/${NAME_PLACEHOLDER}/CMakeLists.txt @ONLY)
     

cmake/cmake_files.cmake

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ set(FILES
     EngineJson.cmake
     FileUtil.cmake
     Findo3de.cmake
+    Gems.cmake
     GeneralSettings.cmake
     Install.cmake
     LyAutoGen.cmake

cmake/install/TargetCMakeLists.txt.in

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ly_add_target(
 @RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES_PLACEHOLDER@
 )
 
+@CREATE_ALIASES_PLACEHOLDER@
 set(configs @CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES@)
 foreach(config ${configs})
     include("@NAME_PLACEHOLDER@_${config}.cmake" OPTIONAL)