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Remove v2-prefix from Quickstart guide
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::

$ cabal v2-build
$ cabal build

To open a GHCi shell with this package, use this command:

::

$ cabal v2-repl
$ cabal repl

To run an executable defined in this package, use this command:

::

$ cabal v2-run <executable name> [executable args]
$ cabal run <executable name> [executable args]

Developing multiple packages
----------------------------
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::

$ cabal v2-build all
$ cabal build all

To build a specific package, you can either run ``v2-build`` from the
To build a specific package, you can either run ``build`` from the
directory of the package in question:

::

$ cd cabal-install
$ cabal v2-build
$ cabal build

or you can pass the name of the package as an argument to
``cabal v2-build`` (this works in any subdirectory of the project):
``cabal build`` (this works in any subdirectory of the project):

::

$ cabal v2-build cabal-install
$ cabal build cabal-install

You can also specify a specific component of the package to build. For
example, to build a test suite named ``package-tests``, use the command:

::

$ cabal v2-build package-tests
$ cabal build package-tests

Targets can be qualified with package names. So to request
``package-tests`` *from* the ``Cabal`` package, use
``Cabal-tests:package-tests``.

Unlike sandboxes, there is no need to setup a sandbox or ``add-source``
projects; just check in ``cabal.project`` to your repository and
``v2-build`` will just work.
``build`` will just work.

Cookbook
========
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profiling: True

Now, ``cabal v2-build`` will automatically build all libraries and
Now, ``cabal build`` will automatically build all libraries and
executables with profiling. You can fine-tune the profiling settings
for each package using :cfg-field:`profiling-detail`::

package p
profiling-detail: toplevel-functions

Alternately, you can call ``cabal v2-build --enable-profiling`` to
Alternately, you can call ``cabal build --enable-profiling`` to
temporarily build with profiling.

How can I have a reproducible set of versions for my dependencies?
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The global package store is ``~/.cabal/store`` (configurable via
global `store-dir` option); if you need to clear your store for
whatever reason (e.g., to reclaim disk space or because the global
store is corrupted), deleting this directory is safe (``v2-build``
store is corrupted), deleting this directory is safe (``build``
will just rebuild everything it needs on its next invocation).

This split motivates some of the UI choices for Nix-style local build
commands. For example, flags passed to ``cabal v2-build`` are only
commands. For example, flags passed to ``cabal build`` are only
applied to *local* packages, so that adding a flag to
``cabal v2-build`` doesn't necessitate a rebuild of *every* transitive
``cabal build`` doesn't necessitate a rebuild of *every* transitive
dependency in the global package store.

In cabal-install 2.0 and above, Nix-style local builds also take advantage of a
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Where are my build products?
----------------------------

A major deficiency in the current implementation of v2-build is that
A major deficiency in the current implementation of ``cabal build`` is that
there is no programmatic way to access the location of build products.
The location of the build products is intended to be an internal
implementation detail of v2-build, but we also understand that many
implementation detail of ``cabal build``, but we also understand that many
unimplemented features can only be reasonably worked around by
accessing build products directly.

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``cabal-install`` does caching are an implementation detail and may
change in the future, knowing what gets cached is helpful for
understanding the performance characteristics of invocations to
``v2-build``. The cached intermediate results are stored in
``build``. The cached intermediate results are stored in
``dist-newstyle/cache``; this folder can be safely deleted to clear the
cache.

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already available in the store.)
``source-hashes`` (binary)
The hashes of all local source files. When all local source files of
a local package are unchanged, ``cabal v2-build`` will skip
a local package are unchanged, ``cabal build`` will skip
invoking ``setup build`` entirely (saving us from a possibly
expensive call to ``ghc --make``). The full list of source files
participating in compilation is determined using
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