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- `workdir` absolute path that will be used as the working directory
for the test
+- `depends` specifies that this test depends on the specified
+ target(s), even though it does not take any of them as a command
+ line argument. This is meant for cases where test finds those
+ targets internally, e.g. plugins or globbing. Those targets are built
+ before test is executed even if they have `build_by_default : false`.
+ Since 0.46.0
+
Defined tests can be run in a backend-agnostic way by calling
`meson test` inside the build dir, or by using backend-specific
commands, such as `ninja test` or `msbuild RUN_TESTS.vcxproj`.