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diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index f89fa23..62290e0 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -502,6 +502,16 @@ as the following build system variables (which can be used in the buildfiles): [uint64] version.revision # 3 \ +As a convenience, the \c{version} module also extract the \c{summary} and +\c{url} manifest values and sets them as the following build system variables +(this additional information is used, for example, when generating the +\c{pkg-config} files): + +\ +[string] project.summary +[string] project.url +\ + If the version is the latest snapshot (that is, it's in the \c{.z} form), then the \c{version} module extracts the snapshot information from the version control system used by the project. Currently only \c{git} is supported with |