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@@ -396,9 +396,11 @@ Specifying all rules recursively beneath a package:
//foo/...:all Matches all rules in all packages beneath directory 'foo'.
//foo/... (ditto)
- By default, directory symlinks are followed when performing this recursive traversal. But we
- understand that your workspace may intentionally contain directories with weird symlink structures
- that you don't want consumed. As such, if a directory has a file named
+ By default, directory symlinks are followed when performing this recursive traversal, except
+ those that point to under the output base (for example, the convenience symlinks that are created
+ in the root directory of the workspace) But we understand that your workspace may intentionally
+ contain directories with unusual symlink structures that you don't want consumed. As such, if a
+ directory has a file named
'DONT_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS_WHEN_TRAVERSING_THIS_DIRECTORY_VIA_A_RECURSIVE_TARGET_PATTERN' then symlinks
in that directory won't be followed when evaluating recursive target patterns.