pw_build/input_group.gni

# Copyright 2019 The Pigweed Authors
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import("python_action.gni")

# Creates an action that doesn't do anything that depends on a list of input
# files. This allows modifications to these files to trigger targets depending
# on this group to rebuild.
#
# This is typically used for targets that don't output any artifacts (e.g.
# metadata-only targets) which list input files relevant to the build.
template("pw_input_group") {
  pw_python_action(target_name) {
    ignore_vars = [
      "args",
      "script",
      "stamp",
    ]
    forward_variables_from(invoker, "*", ignore_vars)
    script = "$dir_pw_build/py/pw_build/nop.py"
    stamp = true
  }
}