From 5b06daf52bdeaf18b40909ef878e8b19b3d14019 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 17:01:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] zig cc: implement `-###` (dry run)

closes #7170
---
 src/main.zig | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 2fd314def8..6ac8636c88 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1796,11 +1796,11 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                         try clang_argv.append("-v");
                     },
                     .dry_run => {
+                        // This flag means "dry run". Clang will not actually output anything
+                        // to the file system.
                         verbose_link = true;
+                        disable_c_depfile = true;
                         try clang_argv.append("-###");
-                        // This flag is supposed to mean "dry run" but currently this
-                        // will actually still execute. The tracking issue for this is
-                        // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/7170
                     },
                     .for_linker => try linker_args.append(it.only_arg),
                     .linker_input_z => {