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@@ -1356,6 +1356,12 @@ arguments:
- `version` keyword argument that works just like the one in
`dependency`. It specifies what version the subproject should be,
as an example `>=1.0.1`
+ - `required` *(added 0.48.0)* By default, `required` is `true` and
+ Meson will abort if the subproject could not be setup. You can set
+ this to `false` and then use the `.found()` method on the [returned
+ object](#subproject-object). You may also pass the value of a
+ [`feature`](Build-options.md#features) option, same as
+ [`dependency()`](#dependency).
Note that you can use the returned [subproject
object](#subproject-object) to access any variable in the
@@ -2199,6 +2205,9 @@ an executable (e.g. `idl` files into source code and headers).
This object is returned by [`subproject()`](#subproject) and is an
opaque object representing it.
+- `found()` *(added 0.48.0)* which returns whether the subproject was
+ successfully setup
+
- `get_variable(name)` fetches the specified variable from inside the
subproject. This is useful to, for instance, get a [declared
dependency](#declare_dependency) from the [subproject](Subprojects.md).
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.48.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.48.0.md
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--- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.48.0.md
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@@ -305,3 +305,9 @@ To enable this, the following needs to be added to the `.wrap` file:
```ini
clone-recursive=true
```
+
+## `subproject()` function now supports the `required:` kwarg
+
+This allows you to declare an optional subproject. You can now call `found()`
+on the return value of the `subproject()` call to see if the subproject is
+available before calling `get_variable()` to fetch information from it.