From 9664d2849ee30d63cd10ce5b258f1433a650b488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karen Arutyunov <karen@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 21:31:18 +0300
Subject: Add support for automatic creation of configurations for build-time
 dependencies

---
 bdep/sync.cli | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'bdep/sync.cli')

diff --git a/bdep/sync.cli b/bdep/sync.cli
index 07c46a2..86c6095 100644
--- a/bdep/sync.cli
+++ b/bdep/sync.cli
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ namespace bdep
      Note also that \c{\b{--immediate}|\b{-i}} or \c{\b{--recursive}|\b{-r}}
      can only be specified with an explicit \cb{--upgrade} or \cb{--patch}.
 
+     If during synchronization a build-time dependency is encountered and
+     there is no build configuration of a suitable type associated with the
+     project, then the user is prompted (unless the respective
+     \cb{--create-*-config} option is specified) to automatically create such
+     a configuration and associate it with the project. See
+     \l{bpkg-cfg-create(1)} for background on configuration types.
+
      \h|EXAMPLES|
 
      As an example, consider project \cb{prj} with two packages, \cb{foo}
@@ -205,6 +212,17 @@ namespace bdep
       "Don't prompt for confirmation when up/down-grading dependencies."
     }
 
+    bool --create-host-config
+    {
+      "Create a configuration for build-time dependencies without prompt."
+    }
+
+    bool --create-build2-config
+    {
+      "Create a configuration for build system module dependencies without
+       prompt."
+    }
+
     bool --implicit
     {
       "Perform implicit synchronization. This mode is normally used by other
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