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Diffstat (limited to 'src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/target-syntax.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/target-syntax.txt b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/target-syntax.txt index 3eec42e21b..df0089bf8b 100644 --- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/target-syntax.txt +++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/runtime/commands/target-syntax.txt @@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ 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 weird 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. |