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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md index 8a7f263..c93fee8 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md @@ -38,3 +38,18 @@ pkg.generate(libraries : libs, description : 'A simple demo library.', variables : ['datadir=${prefix}/data']) ``` + +## A target for creating tarballs + +Creating distribution tarballs is simple: + + ninja dist + +This will create a `.tar.xz` archive of the source code including +submodules without any revision control information. This command also +verifies that the resulting archive can be built, tested and +installed. This is roughly equivalent to the `distcheck` target in +other build systems. Currently this only works for projects using Git +and only with the Ninja backend. + + |