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diff --git a/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc index df23f76..ec1eb3f 100644 --- a/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc +++ b/doc/src/guide/app.asciidoc @@ -235,6 +235,26 @@ 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. +If your project is stable, you may want to disable generating +the dependency tracking file every time you compile. You can +do this by adding the following line to your 'Makefile': + +[source,make] +NO_MAKEDEP ?= 1 + +As you can see, the snippet above uses `?=` instead of a +simple equal sign. This is to allow you to temporarily override +this value when you do make substantial changes to your project +(including a new header file, new module with dependencies, etc.) +and want to rebuild the dependency tracking file. You'll be +able to use the following command: + +[source,bash] +$ NO_MAKEDEP= make + +Otherwise, `make clean app` will of course force the +recompilation of your project. + Erlang.mk can also keep track of the source files generated by other means, for example if you generate code from a data file in your repository. |