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+## Allow --reconfigure and --wipe of empty builddir
+
+`meson setup --reconfigure builddir` and `meson setup --wipe builddir` are now
+accepting `builddir/` to be empty or containing a previously failed setup attempt.
+Note that in that case previously passed command line options must be repeated
+as only a successful build saves configured options.
+
+This is useful for example with scripts that always repeat all options,
+`meson setup builddir --wipe -Dfoo=bar` will always work regardless whether
+it is a first invocation or not.