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diff --git a/Help/dev/experimental.rst b/Help/dev/experimental.rst index 2380de4..7638d22 100644 --- a/Help/dev/experimental.rst +++ b/Help/dev/experimental.rst @@ -36,7 +36,14 @@ For example, add code like the following to a test project: The tool specified by ``CMAKE_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX_SCANDEP_SOURCE`` is expected to process the translation unit, write preprocessor dependencies to the file specified by the ``<DEP_FILE>`` placeholder, and write module -dependencies to the file specified by the ``<DYNDEP_FILE>`` placeholder. +dependencies to the file specified by the ``<DYNDEP_FILE>`` placeholder. The +``CMAKE_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX_SCANDEP_DEPFILE_FORMAT`` file may be set to ``msvc`` +for scandep rules which use ``msvc``-style dependency reporting. + +For tools which need to know the file set the source belongs to, the +``CMAKE_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX_MODULE_SOURCE_TYPE_FLAG_<FILE_SET_TYPE>`` flag may +be provided so that different source types can be distinguished prior to +scanning. The module dependencies should be written in the format described by the `P1689r4`_ paper. |