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authortycho garen <garen@tychoish.com>2012-04-24 02:26:35 (GMT)
committertycho garen <garen@tychoish.com>2012-04-24 02:26:35 (GMT)
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docs: clarifying that there can be only one command per rule
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`command` (_required_):: the command line to run. This string (after
$variables are expanded) is passed directly to `sh -c` without
- interpretation by Ninja.
+ interpretation by Ninja. Each `rule` may have only one `command`
+ declaration. To specify multiple commands use `&&` (or similar) to
+ concatenate operations.
`depfile`:: path to an optional `Makefile` that contains extra
_implicit dependencies_ (see <<ref_dependencies,the reference on