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| author | Jean-Sébastien Pédron <[email protected]> | 2015-09-02 19:27:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2015-09-02 22:47:20 +0200 |
| commit | 991fbe07e1a47a182023cd9522016775c67a6e0d (patch) | |
| tree | aad774bd88387eb93a5979f834fc5a441eab40eb /doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc | |
| parent | bdfcb324f780c90de199b908837875dfc9b2e439 (diff) | |
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app.asciidoc: Document how to handle generated source files
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diff --git a/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc index 880221a..a04c5a9 100644 --- a/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc @@ -235,6 +235,29 @@ transforms have changed. Erlang.mk also automatically keeps track of which files should be compiled first, for example when you have behaviors used by other modules in your project. +=== Generated source files === + +Generated source files are supported: they should be listed as +dependencies to `$(PROJECT).d`: + +[source,make] +---- +PROJECT = example + +.DEFAULT_GOAL = all + +$(PROJECT).d:: src/generated_mod.erl + +include erlang.mk + +src/generated_mod.erl:: + $(gen_verbose) ./gen-mod.sh $@ +---- + +Note how `.DEFAULT_GOAL` is set to `all` near the beginning. Without +this, `$(PROJECT).d` would become the default target, changing the +expected behavior of this `Makefile`. + === Cleaning Building typically involves creating a lot of new files. Some |