Clarify that Bazel can be run from a subdirectory of the workspace root, not just the root itself RELNOTES: None PiperOrigin-RevId: 310889126
diff --git a/site/docs/output_directories.md b/site/docs/output_directories.md index bdb7a3f..b49e9a8 100644 --- a/site/docs/output_directories.md +++ b/site/docs/output_directories.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ The solution that's currently implemented: -* Bazel must be invoked from a directory containing a WORKSPACE file. It reports - an error if it is not. We call this the _workspace directory_. +* Bazel must be invoked from a directory containing a WORKSPACE file (the + "_workspace directory_"), or a subdirectory thereof. It reports an error if it + is not. * The _outputRoot_ directory defaults to `~/.cache/bazel` on Linux, `/private/var/tmp` on macOS, and on Windows it defaults to `%HOME%` if set, else `%USERPROFILE%` if set, else the result of calling