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| author | Evan Martin <martine@danga.com> | 2013-04-10 16:43:07 (GMT) |
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| committer | Evan Martin <martine@danga.com> | 2013-04-10 16:43:07 (GMT) |
| commit | 6e5cd6f6c69644c67b0103e52d6171b7905ef42b (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index d482b5d..9523bfd 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ Conceptual overview ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ninja evaluates a graph of dependencies between files, and runs -whichever commands are necessary to make your build target up to date. -If you are familiar with Make, Ninja is very similar. +whichever commands are necessary to make your build target up to date +as determined by file modification times. If you are familiar with +Make, Ninja is very similar. A build file (default name: `build.ninja`) provides a list of _rules_ -- short names for longer commands, like how to run the compiler -- |