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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index 217ff28..003c71e 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -920,9 +920,12 @@ Evaluation and scoping Top-level variable declarations are scoped to the file they occur in. +Rule declarations are also scoped to the file they occur in. +_(Available since Ninja 1.6)_ + The `subninja` keyword, used to include another `.ninja` file, introduces a new scope. The included `subninja` file may use the -variables from the parent file, and shadow their values for the file's +variables and rules from the parent file, and shadow their values for the file's scope, but it won't affect values of the variables in the parent. To include another `.ninja` file in the current scope, much like a C |