diff --git a/docs/markdown/Unity-builds.md b/docs/markdown/Unity-builds.md index 833383d88..7a95b2d73 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Unity-builds.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Unity-builds.md @@ -33,7 +33,21 @@ As an example, if both `src1.c` and `src2.c` contain a static function or variable of the same name, there will be a clash. Meson has built-in support for unity builds. To enable them, just pass -`--unity on` on the command line or enable unity builds with the GUI. +`--unity on` on the command line or enable unity builds in you project +default_options. No code changes are necessary apart from the potential clash issue discussed above. Meson will automatically generate all the necessary inclusion files for you. + +You may modify unity settings for a given build target using +the `override_options` parameter. This may be useful when a build +target is not compatible with unity build. + +The `unity` option can also have the value `subprojects`, to build +subprojects with unity, while building the main project incrementally. + +The `unity_size` option allows to specify the number of source files +included per unity file. The default is 4. Having more source files +per unity file will speed up full builds, but slow down incremental +builds. To get only one unity file per build target, you can use +a very big number for `unity_size`.