2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs
index 884acd3..9fc2d3e 100644
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 module Hakyll.Core.Metadata
     ( Metadata
     , MonadMetadata (..)
+    , makePatternDependency
     ) where
 
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import           Data.Map                       (Map)
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import           Hakyll.Core.Dependencies
 import           Hakyll.Core.Identifier
 import           Hakyll.Core.Identifier.Pattern
 
@@ -30,3 +32,10 @@ class Monad m => MonadMetadata m where
         forM matches' $ \id' -> do
             metadata <- getMetadata id'
             return (id', metadata)
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+makePatternDependency :: MonadMetadata m => Pattern -> m Dependency
+makePatternDependency pattern = do
+    matches' <- getMatches pattern
+    return $ PatternDependency pattern matches'
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules.hs
index 8037ffb..66210b6 100644
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules.hs
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ preprocess = Rules . liftIO
 -- | Advanced usage: add extra dependencies to compilers. Basically this is
 -- needed when you're doing unsafe tricky stuff in the rules monad, but you
 -- still want correct builds.
+--
+-- A useful utility for this purpose is 'makePatternDependency'.
 rulesExtraDependencies :: [Dependency] -> Rules a -> Rules a
 rulesExtraDependencies deps = Rules . censor addDependencies . unRules
   where