diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index 54403ac..a5012b4 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -980,8 +980,9 @@ source file of a compile command. + 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 <>.