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docs for &: as option specifier of consumer #2214

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Expand Up @@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ With the :command:`-o` parameters you can only define specific package options.
# you can also apply the same options to many packages with wildcards:
$ conan install . -o *:shared=True
**Experimental:** To define an option just for the consumer conanfile.py use :command:`-o &:shared=True` syntax.
If `&` is specified as the package name it will apply only to the consumer conanfile.py. This is a special case
because the consumer conanfile might not declare a `name` so it would be impossible to reference it.
.. note::
You can use :ref:`profiles <profiles>` files to create predefined sets of **settings**,
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