Give a useful hint if the user runs "ninja clean" and there is no "cl…

…ean" target
SByer · Mar 5, 2012 · e92bbcb · e92bbcb
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commit e92bbcb
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/src/ninja.cc b/src/ninja.cc
@@ -195,9 +195,13 @@ bool CollectTargetsFromArgs(State* state, int argc, char* argv[],
       } else {
         *err = "unknown target '" + path + "'";
 
-        Node* suggestion = state->SpellcheckNode(path);
-        if (suggestion) {
-          *err += ", did you mean '" + suggestion->path() + "'?";
+        if (path == "clean") {
+          *err += ", did you mean 'ninja -t clean'?";
+        } else {
+          Node* suggestion = state->SpellcheckNode(path);
+          if (suggestion) {
+            *err += ", did you mean '" + suggestion->path() + "'?";
+          }
         }
         return false;
       }