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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 54b7131..e652b64 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1198,6 +1198,13 @@ Keyword arguments are the following: - `workdir` absolute path that will be used as the working directory for the test +- `depends` specifies that this test depends on the specified + target(s), even though it does not take any of them as a command + line argument. This is meant for cases where test finds those + targets internally, e.g. plugins or globbing. Those targets are built + before test is executed even if they have `build_by_default : false`. + Since 0.46.0 + Defined tests can be run in a backend-agnostic way by calling `meson test` inside the build dir, or by using backend-specific commands, such as `ninja test` or `msbuild RUN_TESTS.vcxproj`. diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/test-depends.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/test-depends.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f4b6b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/test-depends.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +## test now supports depends keyword parameter + +Build targets and custom targets can be listed in depends argument of test +function. These targets will be built before test is run even if they have +`build_by_default : false`. |