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+# Build overrides in GN |
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+This directory is used to allow different products to customize settings |
+for repos that are DEPS'ed in or shared. For example, one might wish to |
+build V8 one way in a standalone build, and another when being built as |
+part of Chromium. |
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+In order to use the `build_overrides` directory, each product should |
+have its own copy of a file, where each file defines a set of variables |
tfarina
2015/10/13 04:40:46
by 'a file' you mean that which product like v8 or
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+that can be customized per checkout. For example, the `//build` directory |
+might be shared between V8 and Chromium (and exactly the same, with V8 |
+DEPS'ing in Chromium's copy of `//build`), but each repo might have its own |
+local `build_overrides/v8.gni` file. |