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This is for expressing dependencies that don't show up on the
command line of the command; for example, for a rule that runs a
-script, the script itself should be an implicit dependency, as
-changes to the script should cause the output to rebuild.
+script that reads a hardcoded file, the hardcoded file should
+be an implicit dependency, as changes to the file should cause
+the output to rebuild, even though it doesn't show up in the arguments.
+
Note that dependencies as loaded through depfiles have slightly different
semantics, as described in the <<ref_rule,rule reference>>.