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control metadata, only the source code.
Meson provides a simple way of generating these. It consists of a
-single command:
+single command *(available since 0.52.0)*:
- ninja dist
+```sh
+meson dist
+```
+
+or alternatively (on older meson versions with `ninja` backend):
+
+```sh
+ninja dist
+```
This creates a file called `projectname-version.tar.xz` in the build
tree subdirectory `meson-dist`. This archive contains the full