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Update the help string for `target.source-map` to remove the use of the word
"duple" and to add examples. Additionally I rewrote parts with the goal of
making the description more concrete.

rdar://68736012


Repository:
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https://reviews.llvm.org/D91742

Files:
  lldb/source/Target/TargetProperties.td


Index: lldb/source/Target/TargetProperties.td
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Target/TargetProperties.td
+++ lldb/source/Target/TargetProperties.td
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     Desc<"Skip function prologues when setting breakpoints by name.">;
   def SourceMap: Property<"source-map", "PathMap">,
     DefaultStringValue<"">,
-    Desc<"Source path remappings are used to track the change of location 
between a source file when built, and where it exists on the current system.  
It consists of an array of duples, the first element of each duple is some part 
(starting at the root) of the path to the file when it was built, and the 
second is where the remainder of the original build hierarchy is rooted on the 
local system.  Each element of the array is checked in order and the first one 
that results in a match wins.">;
+    Desc<"Source path remappings are used to substitute path prefixes of 
source files, typically needed to debug from a different host than the one that 
built the target.  The source-map property consists of an array of pairs, the 
first element is a path prefix, and the second is its replacement.  The syntax 
is `prefix1 replacement1 prefix2 replacement2...`.  The pairs are checked in 
order, the first prefix that matches is used, and that prefix is substituted 
with the replacement.  A common pattern is to use source-map in conjunction 
with the clang -fdebug-prefix-map flag.  In the build, use 
`-fdebug-prefix-map=/path/to/build_dir=.` to rewrite the host specific build 
directory to `.`.  Then for debugging, use `settings set target.source-map . 
/path/to/local_dir` to convert `.` to a valid local path.">;
   def ExecutableSearchPaths: Property<"exec-search-paths", "FileSpecList">,
     DefaultStringValue<"">,
     Desc<"Executable search paths to use when locating executable files whose 
paths don't match the local file system.">;


Index: lldb/source/Target/TargetProperties.td
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Target/TargetProperties.td
+++ lldb/source/Target/TargetProperties.td
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     Desc<"Skip function prologues when setting breakpoints by name.">;
   def SourceMap: Property<"source-map", "PathMap">,
     DefaultStringValue<"">,
-    Desc<"Source path remappings are used to track the change of location between a source file when built, and where it exists on the current system.  It consists of an array of duples, the first element of each duple is some part (starting at the root) of the path to the file when it was built, and the second is where the remainder of the original build hierarchy is rooted on the local system.  Each element of the array is checked in order and the first one that results in a match wins.">;
+    Desc<"Source path remappings are used to substitute path prefixes of source files, typically needed to debug from a different host than the one that built the target.  The source-map property consists of an array of pairs, the first element is a path prefix, and the second is its replacement.  The syntax is `prefix1 replacement1 prefix2 replacement2...`.  The pairs are checked in order, the first prefix that matches is used, and that prefix is substituted with the replacement.  A common pattern is to use source-map in conjunction with the clang -fdebug-prefix-map flag.  In the build, use `-fdebug-prefix-map=/path/to/build_dir=.` to rewrite the host specific build directory to `.`.  Then for debugging, use `settings set target.source-map . /path/to/local_dir` to convert `.` to a valid local path.">;
   def ExecutableSearchPaths: Property<"exec-search-paths", "FileSpecList">,
     DefaultStringValue<"">,
     Desc<"Executable search paths to use when locating executable files whose paths don't match the local file system.">;
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