stevel 2004/10/02 16:39:59 Modified: docs/manual using.html Log: clarify conditional target execution logic Revision Changes Path 1.35 +8 -0 ant/docs/manual/using.html Index: using.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/ant/docs/manual/using.html,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 --- using.html 16 Mar 2004 10:01:58 -0000 1.34 +++ using.html 2 Oct 2004 23:39:59 -0000 1.35 @@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ </p> <p>If no <code>if</code> and no <code>unless</code> attribute is present, the target will always be executed.</p> + +<p> +<b>Important:</b> the <code>if</code> and <code>unless</code> attributes only +enable or disable the target to which they are attached. They do not control +whether or not targets that a conditional target depends upon get executed. +In fact, they do not even get evaluated until the target is about to be executed, +and all its predecessors have already run. + <p>The optional <code>description</code> attribute can be used to provide a one-line description of this target, which is printed by the <nobr><code>-projecthelp</code></nobr> command-line option. Targets without such a description are deemed internal and will not be listed,
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