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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Creating-releases.md b/docs/markdown/Creating-releases.md index 040fb53..55242a6 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Creating-releases.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Creating-releases.md @@ -58,3 +58,21 @@ for example when done in CI that already does its own testing. So with `--no-tests` you can tell Meson "Do not build and test generated packages.". +## Release a subproject separately + +*Since 0.57.0* the `meson dist` command can now create a distribution tarball +for a subproject in the same git repository as the main project. This can be +useful if parts of the project (e.g. libraries) can be built and distributed +separately. In that case they can be moved into `subprojects/mysub` and running +`meson dist` in that directory will now create a tarball containing only the +source code from that subdir and not the rest of the main project or other +subprojects. + +For example: +```sh +git clone https://github.com/myproject +cd myproject/subprojects/mysubproject +meson builddir +meson dist -C builddir +``` +This produces `builddir/meson-dist/mysubproject-1.0.tar.xz` tarball. |