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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index 7f3ab8a..8f42efb 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ target, show just the target's dependencies. _Available since Ninja 1.4._ `recompact`:: recompact the `.ninja_deps` file. _Available since Ninja 1.4._ +`restat`:: updates all recorded file modification timestamps in the `.ninja_log` +file. _Available since Ninja 1.10._ + `rules`:: output the list of all rules (eventually with their description if they have one). It can be used to know which rule name to pass to +ninja -t targets rule _name_+ or +ninja -t compdb+. @@ -452,6 +455,14 @@ without any dependencies, the target will be considered out of date if it does not exist. Without a phony build statement, Ninja will report an error if the file does not exist and is required by the build. +To create a rule that never rebuilds, use a build rule without any input: +---------------- +rule touch + command = touch $out +build file_that_always_exists.dummy: touch +build dummy_target_to_follow_a_pattern: phony file_that_always_exists.dummy +---------------- + Default target statements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |