Index: tools/gn/ninja_build_writer.cc |
diff --git a/tools/gn/ninja_build_writer.cc b/tools/gn/ninja_build_writer.cc |
index b7cfdd797cdb620617fc8dd5a8ed9d393a7d44f0..a7752453ec27d9bb8bdbd72acf19bf4520cb14d1 100644 |
--- a/tools/gn/ninja_build_writer.cc |
+++ b/tools/gn/ninja_build_writer.cc |
@@ -136,9 +136,26 @@ void NinjaBuildWriter::WriteNinjaRules() { |
out_ << " command = " << GetSelfInvocationCommand(build_settings_) << "\n"; |
out_ << " description = Regenerating ninja files\n\n"; |
+ // This rule will regenerate the ninja files when any input file has changed. |
out_ << "build build.ninja: gn\n" |
<< " depfile = build.ninja.d\n"; |
+ // Provide a way to force regenerating ninja files if the user is suspicious |
+ // something is out-of-date. This will be "ninja refresh". |
+ out_ << "\nbuild refresh: gn\n"; |
+ |
+ // Provide a way to see what flags are associated with this build: |
+ // This will be "ninja show". |
+ const CommandLine& our_cmdline = *CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess(); |
+ std::string args = our_cmdline.GetSwitchValueASCII("args"); |
+ out_ << "rule echo\n"; |
+ out_ << " command = echo $text\n"; |
+ out_ << " description = ECHO $desc\n"; |
+ out_ << "build show: echo\n"; |
+ out_ << " desc = build arguments:\n"; |
+ out_ << " text = " << (args.empty() ? std::string("<default args>") : args) |
+ << "\n"; |
+ |
// Input build files. These go in the ".d" file. If we write them as |
// dependencies in the .ninja file itself, ninja will expect the files to |
// exist and will error if they don't. When files are listed in a depfile, |