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feat: include summary for CMake 3.19

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* Several new environment variables
* foreach can now do `ZIP_LISTS` (multiple lists at a time)
## [CMake 3.18][] : CUDA with Clang
## [CMake 3.18][] : CUDA with Clang & CMake macro language
CUDA now supports Clang (without separable compilation). A new
`CUDA_ARCHITECTURES` property was implemented to better support targeting CUDA
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* Source can be a subdirectory for `FetchContent`
## [CMake 3.19][] : Presets
You can now add presets in JSON form, and users will get the preset defaults;
you can specify Ninja as the "recommended" generator, for example.
`find_package` can now take a version range, and some specialty find modules,
like FindPython, have custom support for it. A lot of new controls were added
for permissions. Further support for generator expressions in more places.
* New [CMake presets files](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-presets.7.html) now supported - you can set things like Ninja to be the default for your project, or you can make User presets. PSA: Please add `CMakeUserPresets.json` to your `.gitignore`, even if you do not use `CMakePresets.json`.
* CMake now uses the new build system introduced in XCode 12+
* MSVC for Android now supported
* `cmake -E create_hardlink` was added
* `add_test` finally properly supports whitespace in test names
* You can now `DEFER` `cmake_language` to run at the end of the directory processing
* Lots of new `file` options, like temporary downloads and `COMPRESSION_LEVEL` for `ARCHIVE_CREATE`
* `find_package` supports a version range
* `DIRECTORY` can now include a binary directory in property commands
* New `JSON` commands for `string`
* New `OPTIMIZE_DEPENDENCIES` property and `CMAKE_*` variable for smartly dropping dependencies of static and object libraries.
* PCH support expanded with `PCH_INSTANTIATE_TEMPLATES` property and `CMAKE_*` variable.
* Check modules have been expanded with `CUDA` and `ISPC` languages
* FindPython: `Python*_LINK_OPTIONS` added
* `compute-sanitizer` for ctest now supports CUDA for memcheck
[Releases]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/index.html
[CMake 3.0]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.0.html
[CMake 3.1]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.1.html
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[CMake 3.16]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.16.html
[CMake 3.17]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.17.html
[CMake 3.18]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.18.html
[CMake 3.19]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.19.html
[CMake master]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/git-master/release/index.html
[fastercmake]: https://blog.kitware.com/improving-cmakes-runtime-performance/