From 73ac0e6b857ca138481594cb24d9532ba2714a02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jahway603 <64485701+jahway603@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:55:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [docs, devscripts] Document `pyinst`'s argument passthrough
 (#5235)

Closes #4631
Authored by: jahway603
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 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 589000456..a306b199e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ To build the standalone executable, you must have Python and `pyinstaller` (plus
 
 On some systems, you may need to use `py` or `python` instead of `python3`.
 
+`pyinst.py` accepts any arguments that can be passed to `pyinstaller`, such as `--onefile/-F` or `--onedir/-D`, which is further [documented here](https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html#what-to-generate).
+
 Note that pyinstaller with versions below 4.4 [do not support](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller#requirements-and-tested-platforms) Python installed from the Windows store without using a virtual environment.
 
 **Important**: Running `pyinstaller` directly **without** using `pyinst.py` is **not** officially supported. This may or may not work correctly.