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Documentation: add link to github search; clarify .do.do question.

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# Does redo even run on Windows? # Does redo run on Windows?
redo works fine in [Windows Services for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/initialize-distro) redo works fine in [Windows Services for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/initialize-distro)
on Windows 10. You might consider that to be "real" Windows, or not. If on Windows 10. You might consider that to be "real" Windows, or not. If
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The problem with this idea is... where does it end? If there's no The problem with this idea is... where does it end? If there's no
`default.o.do`, so we look for a `default.do.do`, what if that doesn't exist `default.o.do`, so we look for a `default.do.do`, what if that doesn't exist
either? Perhaps there's a `default.do.do.do` for generating `default.do.do` either? Perhaps there's a `default.do.do.do` for generating `default.do.do`
files? And so on. You have to draw the line somewhere. files? And so on. You'd have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere.
Anyway, unlike make, redo does *not* implicitly generate files.
It only generates a given file if you redo-ifchange that file
first, from one of your other .do scripts. This gets avoids magical
behaviour, but makes it quite tricky to auto-generate .do files. See the
next question for a workaround.
# What can I do instead of auto-generating *.do files? # What can I do instead of auto-generating *.do files?

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* You can also find some limited examples in the * You can also find some limited examples in the
[`t/111-example/`](t/111-example) subdir of the redo project itself. [`t/111-example/`](t/111-example) subdir of the redo project itself.
* A [github search for all.do](https://github.com/search?p=9&q=path%3A%2F+extension%3Ado+filename%3A%2Fall.do&type=Code)
shows an ever-growing number of projects using redo.
If you switch your program's build process to use redo, please let us know and If you switch your program's build process to use redo, please let us know and
we can link to it here for some free publicity. we can link to it here for some free publicity.