- Call-Graphs

- Root-Tasks

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docs/manual/targets.html

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
     C, then B and then A is executed.  Wrong! C depends on B, and B
     depends on A, so first A is executed, then B, then C, and finally
     D.</p>
+    
+  <blockquote><pre><b>Call-Graph:</b>  A --> B --> C --> D</pre></blockquote>
 
   <p>In a chain of dependencies stretching back from a given target
     such as D above, each target gets executed only once, even when
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@
 &lt/target&gt;
 </pre></blockquote>
 
+  <blockquote><pre><b>Call-Graph:</b>  myTarget.check --> maybe(myTarget)</pre></blockquote>
+
   <p>If no <code>if</code> and no <code>unless</code> attribute is
     present, the target will always be executed.</p>
 
@@ -131,8 +135,25 @@
     so-called <i>initialization</i> target, on which all other targets
     depend. Make sure that target is always the first one in the
     depends list of the other targets. In this manual, most
-    initialization targets have the
-    name <code>&quot;init&quot;</code>.</p>
+    initialization targets have the name <code>&quot;init&quot;</code>.</p>
+    <blockquote><pre>
+    &lt;project&gt;
+        &lt;target name=&quot;init&quot;&gt;
+            &lt;tstamp/&gt;
+        &lt;/target&gt;
+        &lt;target name=&quot;otherTarget&quot; depends=&quot;init&quot;&gt;
+            ...
+        &lt;/target&gt;
+    &lt;/project&gt;
+    </pre></blockquote>
+
+  <p>Especially if you only have a few tasks you also could place these
+    tasks direclty under the project tag (since Ant 1.6.0):</p>
+    <blockquote><pre>
+    &lt;project&gt;
+        &lt;tstamp/&gt;
+    &lt;/project&gt;
+    </pre></blockquote>
 
   <p>If the depends attribute and the if/unless attribute are set, the
     depends attribute is executed first.</p>
@@ -242,6 +263,9 @@
 &lt;/target&gt;
 </pre></blockquote>
 
+  <blockquote><pre><b>Call-Graph:</b>  create-directory-layout --> 'empty slot' --> compile</pre></blockquote>
+
+
   <p>And you need to generate some source before compilation, then in
     your main build file you may use something like</p>
 <blockquote><pre>
@@ -251,6 +275,9 @@
 &lt;/target&gt;
 </pre></blockquote>
 
+  <blockquote><pre><b>Call-Graph:</b>  create-directory-layout --> generate-sources  --> compile</pre></blockquote>
+
+
   <p>This will ensure that the <em>generate-sources</em> target is
     executed before the <em>compile</em> target.</p>