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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index 18760dd..aea1784 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -783,7 +783,8 @@ keys. `depfile`:: path to an optional `Makefile` that contains extra _implicit dependencies_ (see <<ref_dependencies,the reference on dependency types>>). This is explicitly to support C/C++ header - dependencies; see <<ref_headers,the full discussion>>. + dependencies; see <<ref_headers,the full discussion>>. `out`, `in`, and + `in_newline` are not shell-quoted when used to set `depfile`. `deps`:: _(Available since Ninja 1.3.)_ if present, must be one of `gcc` or `msvc` to specify special dependency processing. See @@ -830,7 +831,8 @@ keys. response file for the given command, i.e. write the selected string (`rspfile_content`) to the given file (`rspfile`) before calling the command and delete the file after successful execution of the - command. + command. `out`, `in`, and `in_newline` are not shell-quoted when used to set + `rspfile`. + This is particularly useful on Windows OS, where the maximal length of a command line is limited and response files must be used instead. |