| Index: tools/gn/variables.cc
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| diff --git a/tools/gn/variables.cc b/tools/gn/variables.cc
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| index f374934a5823851a36305081ae84020f5aae93df..644c8355edbd7a61da96d61c81c1a343c2755961 100644
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| --- a/tools/gn/variables.cc
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| +++ b/tools/gn/variables.cc
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| @@ -1025,13 +1025,23 @@ const char kDepfile_Help[] =
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| " the dependencies of the input. Empty or unset means that the script\n"
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| " doesn't generate the files.\n"
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| "\n"
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| + " A depfile should be used only when a target depends on files that are\n"
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| + " not already specified by a target's inputs and sources. Likewise,\n"
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| + " depfiles should specify only those dependencies not already included\n"
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| + " in sources or inputs.\n"
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| + "\n"
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| " The .d file should go in the target output directory. If you have more\n"
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| " than one source file that the script is being run over, you can use\n"
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| " the output file expansions described in \"gn help action_foreach\" to\n"
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| " name the .d file according to the input."
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| "\n"
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| - " The format is that of a Makefile, and all of the paths should be\n"
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| - " relative to the root build directory.\n"
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| + " The format is that of a Makefile and all paths must be relative to the\n"
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| + " root build directory. Only one output may be listed and it must match\n"
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| + " the first output of the action.\n"
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| + "\n"
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| + " Although depfiles are created by an action, they should not be listed\n"
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| + " in the action's \"outputs\" unless another target will use the file as\n"
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| + " an input.\n"
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| "\n"
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| "Example\n"
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| "\n"
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