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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index dd5893c..ab7605d 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -320,8 +320,12 @@ is the name of this target and the keyword arguments are the following. - `build_by_default` *(added 0.38)* causes, when set to true, to - have this target be built by default, that is, when invoking plain - `ninja`; the default value is false + have this target be built by default. This means it will be built when + `ninja` is called without any arguments or asked to build a target + like `ninja test` that depends on ninja's [default + target](https://ninja-build.org/manual.html#_default_target_statements) + set to `all` by meson. The same behavior applies for backends other + than `ninja`. The default value is `false`. *(changed in 0.50)* if `build_by_default` is explicitly set to false, `install` will no longer override it. If `build_by_default` is not set, `install` will still determine its default. |