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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Commands.md b/docs/markdown/Commands.md index efc316ce7..3fcdedd03 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Commands.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Commands.md @@ -58,14 +58,17 @@ Builds a default or a specified target of a configured Meson project. *(since 0.55.0)* -`TARGET` has the following syntax `[PATH/]NAME[:TYPE]`, where: +`TARGET` has the following syntax `[PATH/]NAME.SUFFIX[:TYPE]`, where: - `NAME`: name of the target from `meson.build` (e.g. `foo` from `executable('foo', ...)`). +- `SUFFIX`: name of the suffix of the target from `meson.build` (e.g. `exe` from `executable('foo', suffix: 'exe', ...)`). - `PATH`: path to the target relative to the root `meson.build` file. Note: relative path for a target specified in the root `meson.build` is `./`. - `TYPE`: type of the target. Can be one of the following: 'executable', 'static_library', 'shared_library', 'shared_module', 'custom', 'alias', 'run', 'jar'. -`PATH` and/or `TYPE` can be omitted if the resulting `TARGET` can be +`PATH`, `SUFFIX`, and `TYPE` can all be omitted if the resulting `TARGET` can be used to uniquely identify the target in `meson.build`. +Note that `SUFFIX` did not exist prior to 1.3.0. + #### Backend specific arguments *(since 0.55.0)* diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/meson_compile_suffixes.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/meson_compile_suffixes.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..481e8adf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/meson_compile_suffixes.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +## Meson compile command now accepts suffixes for TARGET + +The syntax for specifying a target for meson compile is now +`[PATH_TO_TARGET/]TARGET_NAME.TARGET_SUFFIX[:TARGET_TYPE]` where +`TARGET_SUFFIX` is the suffix argument given in the build target +within meson.build. It is optional and `TARGET_NAME` remains +sufficient if it uniquely resolves to one single target. |