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short-description: Project templates
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-# Project templates (available since 0.45.0)
+# Project templates
To make it easier for new developers to start working, Meson ships a
tool to generate the basic setup of different kinds of projects. This
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ $ ninja -C builddir
The generator has many different projects and settings. They can all
be listed by invoking the command `meson test --help`.
+
+This feature is available since Meson version 0.45.0.
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+## Project templates
+
+Meson ships with predefined project templates. To start a new project from
+scratch, simply go to an empty directory and type:
+
+```meson
+meson init --name=myproject --type=executable --language=c
+```