Add --config option printing ./configure options used

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
index e6edbc7b..f28d9a89 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ sections:
 
         Output the jq version and exit with zero.
 
+      * `--build-configuration`:
+
+        Output the build configuration of jq and exit with zero.
+        This output has no supported format or structure and may change
+        without notice in future releases.
+
       * `--help` / `-h`:
 
         Output the jq help and exit with zero.
@@ -1968,6 +1974,19 @@ sections:
             output:
               - '[{"a":{"b":2}}]'
 
+      - title: "`$JQ_BUILD_CONFIGURATION`"
+        body: |
+
+          This builtin binding shows the jq executable's build
+          configuration.  Its value has no particular format, but
+          it can be expected to be at least the `./configure`
+          command-line arguments, and may be enriched in the
+          future to include the version strings for the build
+          tooling used.
+
+          Note that this can be overriden in the command-line
+          with `--arg` and related options.
+
       - title: "`$ENV`, `env`"
         body: |