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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2018-07-11 15:10:13 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2018-07-11 15:10:13 +0200
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parent82ea9c873e92f2ef45f3528dd713e51f02ba078c (diff)
Discuss 'project' package manifest value in intro
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@@ -1410,6 +1410,26 @@ hello-gcc/
hello-clang/
\
+Let's also edit the generated \c{manifest} file and add the \c{project} value
+(customarily after \c{version}) to indicate that our library belongs to the
+same overall project as our executable:
+
+\
+$ cat libhello/manifest
+: 1
+name: libhello
+version: 0.1.0-a.0.z
+project: hello
+summary: hello library
+...
+\
+
+\N|The \c{project} value is used to group related packages together in order
+to help with their organization and discovery. For example, if later we create
+\c{libhello2} or \c{libhello-extra}, then it would make sense for them to also
+belong to the \c{hello} project. See the \l{bpkg#manifest-package-project
+\c{project}} value documentation for details.|
+
Our two projects will be sharing the same set of build configurations, so
next we initialize \c{libhello} in \c{hello-gcc} and \c{hello-clang}: