| ## Added ability to specify backend arguments in `meson compile` |
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| It's now possible to specify backend specific arguments in `meson compile`. |
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| Usage: `meson compile [--vs-args=args] [--ninja-args=args]` |
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| ``` |
| --ninja-args NINJA_ARGS Arguments to pass to `ninja` (applied only on `ninja` backend). |
| --vs-args VS_ARGS Arguments to pass to `msbuild` (applied only on `vs` backend). |
| ``` |
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| These arguments use the following syntax: |
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| If you only pass a single string, then it is considered to have all values separated by commas. Thus invoking the following command: |
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| ``` |
| $ meson compile --ninja-args=-n,-d,explain |
| ``` |
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| would add `-n`, `-d` and `explain` arguments to ninja invocation. |
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| If you need to have commas or spaces in your string values, then you need to pass the value with proper shell quoting like this: |
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| ``` |
| $ meson compile "--ninja-args=['a,b', 'c d']" |
| ``` |
