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| author |  Laurent Le Brun <laurentlb@google.com> | 2015-08-13 12:56:28 +0000 |
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| committer |  Florian Weikert <fwe@google.com> | 2015-08-13 14:02:01 +0000 |
| commit | 2ab3247957da0a02819ac414ca94861c0d15d5a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f78531fb17b8ee1e2c715348fed1519c0fdc207 /src/main/java/com/google | |
| parent | 84ff771d0326e9d87291cf52d2bf471c23590c78 (diff) | |
Build-encyclopedia: Update load documentation
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MOS_MIGRATED_REVID=100568149
Diffstat (limited to 'src/main/java/com/google')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be-footer.vm | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be-footer.vm b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be-footer.vm index 96b52aedb2..cd308b4f3b 100644 --- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be-footer.vm +++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/templates/be-footer.vm @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ exports_files(["jquery-2.1.1.js"]) <p><code>load(path, symbols...)</code></p> <p><code>load()</code> is a statement that imports definitions from a - Skylark module. For example: + Skylark module (<code>.bzl</code> file). For example: </p> <pre class="code"> @@ -476,8 +476,16 @@ build_test(name = ...) Skylark module <code>tools/build_rules/build_test.bzl</code> and import the symbol - <code>build_test</code> in the local environment. By using more arguments, you - can load more symbols at once.</p> + <code>build_test</code> in the local environment. This is useful for + using macros or for sharing values between multiple BUILD files. By + using more arguments, you can load more symbols at once.</p> + +<p>Relative paths are allowed only to load a file from the same directory + (not a subdirectory), e.g.</p> + +<pre class="code"> +load("build_defs", "COMPILER_FLAGS", "LINKER_FLAGS") +</pre> <!-- ================================================================= |