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authorColin Cross <ccross@android.com>2016-12-13 15:23:47 -0800
committerColin Cross <ccross@android.com>2016-12-17 16:34:03 +0000
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Support filegroups
filegroup is a module that contains a list of files, and can be used to export files across package boundaries. filegroups (and genrules) can be referenced from srcs properties of other modules using the syntax ":module". Test: m -j Change-Id: I3d6fc4819c0b4225b474e0ad42f0d947f55a5961
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@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ declarative descriptions of modules to build.
By design, Android.bp files are very simple. There are no conditionals or
control flow statements - any complexity is handled in build logic written in
-Go.
+Go. The syntax and semantics of Android.bp files are intentionally similar
+to [Bazel BUILD files](https://www.bazel.io/versions/master/docs/be/overview.html)
+when possible.
### Modules