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@@ -580,9 +580,13 @@ Ninja supports this processing in two forms.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hdkef6tk(v=vs.90).aspx[`/showIncludes`
flag]. Briefly, this means the tool outputs specially-formatted lines
to its stdout. Ninja then filters these lines from the displayed
- output. No `depfile` attribute is necessary.
+ output. No `depfile` attribute is necessary, but the localized string
+ in front of the the header file path. For instance
+ `msvc_deps_prefix = Note: including file: `
+ for a English Visual Studio (the default). Should be globally defined.
+
----
+msvc_deps_prefix = Note: including file:
rule cc
deps = msvc
command = cl /showIncludes -c $in /Fo$out
@@ -772,6 +776,10 @@ keys.
stored as `.ninja_deps` in the `builddir`, see <<ref_toplevel,the
discussion of `builddir`>>.
+`msvc_deps_prefix`:: _(Available since Ninja 1.5.)_ defines the string
+ which should be stripped from msvc's /showIncludes output. Only
+ needed when `deps = msvc` and no English Visual Studio version is used.
+
`description`:: a short description of the command, used to pretty-print
the command as it's running. The `-v` flag controls whether to print
the full command or its description; if a command fails, the full command