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diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/getting-started.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/getting-started.md index 4e1f520ff..bc294d1b3 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/getting-started.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/getting-started.md @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ normally used for: building, testing, creating releases, formatting, etc. [bootstrapping]: ./building/bootstrapping.md -### Configuring the Compiler +### Configuring the compiler In the top level of the repo: @@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ serious development work. In particular, `./x.py build` and `./x.py test` provide many ways to compile or test a subset of the code, which can save a lot of time. +Also, note that `x.py` supports all kinds of path suffixes for `compiler`, `library`, +and `src/tools` directories. So, you can simply run `x.py test tidy` instead of +`x.py test src/tools/tidy`. Or, `x.py build std` instead of `x.py build library/std`. + [rust-analyzer]: ./building/suggested.html#configuring-rust-analyzer-for-rustc See the chapters on [building](./building/how-to-build-and-run.md), |