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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index 0c0d761..295f93c 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ Here are some of the features Ninja adds to make. (These sorts of features can often be implemented using more complicated Makefiles, but they are not part of make itself.) -* A Ninja rule may point at a path for extra implicit dependency - information. This makes it easy to get header dependencies correct - for C/C++ code. +* Ninja has special support for discovering extra dependencies at build + time, making it easy to get <<ref_headers,header dependencies>> + correct for C/C++ code. * A build edge may have multiple outputs. @@ -633,7 +633,14 @@ Ninja supports this processing in two forms. in the form produced by Visual Studio's compiler's http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hdkef6tk(v=vs.90).aspx[`/showIncludes` flag]. Briefly, this means the tool outputs specially-formatted lines - to its stdout. No `depfile` attribute is necessary. + to its stdout. Ninja then filters these lines from the displayed + output. No `depfile` attribute is necessary. ++ +---- +rule cc + deps = msvc + command = cl /showIncludes -c $in /Fo$out +---- Ninja file reference |