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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2018-07-02 12:25:39 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2018-07-02 12:25:39 +0200
commit8663ecf31c51e5bf7fef194bb15aed0b038fb8fc (patch)
tree791085fd29e27484420cbfaa5100f5042d58535e /bdep/sync.cli
parent93a673946ca1587126b3c108476234d93a7c5c7c (diff)
Add ability to suppress auto-synchronization via BDEP_SYNC envvar
If BDEP_SYNC is set, auto-synchronization will only be performed if its value is true or 1. So to suppress, run: $ BDEP_SYNC=0 b
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diff --git a/bdep/sync.cli b/bdep/sync.cli
index fd5a375..bf0fbb5 100644
--- a/bdep/sync.cli
+++ b/bdep/sync.cli
@@ -224,8 +224,14 @@ namespace bdep
"\h|ENVIRONMENT|
- To avoid recursive re-synchronization, the \cb{sync} command maintains the
- \cb{BDEP_SYNCED_CONFIGS} environment variable. It contains a
+ The \cb{BDEP_SYNC} environment variable can be used to suppress automatic
+ synchronization on build system invocation. If set, auto-synchronization
+ will only be performed if the variable's value is \cb{true} or \cb{1}. The
+ ability to suppress auto-synchronization can be useful when you don't have
+ usable \cb{bdep} and/or \cb{bpkg}.
+
+ To avoid recursive re-synchronization, the \cb{sync} command also maintains
+ the \cb{BDEP_SYNCED_CONFIGS} environment variable. It contains a
space-separated, \cb{\"}-quoted list of configuration paths that have been
or are being synchronized by the current \cb{bdep} invocation chain. The
\cb{sync} command examines this variable and silently ignores