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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/snippets/deprecate_source_build_root.md | 5 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 2f9e2de..9a5ccc5 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ the following methods. - `build_root()`: returns a string with the absolute path to the build root directory. *(deprecated since 0.56.0)*: this function will return the build root of the parent project if called from a subproject, which is usually - not what you want. Try using `current_build_dir()`. + not what you want. Try using `current_build_dir()` or `project_build_root()`. - `source_root()`: returns a string with the absolute path to the source root directory. Note: you should use the `files()` function @@ -1814,7 +1814,13 @@ the following methods. constructing paths manually with `meson.source_root()`. *(deprecated since 0.56.0)*: This function will return the source root of the parent project if called from a subproject, which is usually not what you want. - Try using `current_source_dir()`. + Try using `current_source_dir()` or `project_source_root()`. + +- `project_build_root()` *(since 0.56.0)*: returns a string with the absolute path + to the build root directory of the current (sub)project. + +- `project_source_root()` *(since 0.56.0)*: returns a string with the absolute path + to the source root directory of the current (sub)project. - `current_build_dir()`: returns a string with the absolute path to the current build directory. diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/deprecate_source_build_root.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/deprecate_source_build_root.md index 05b6b91..1cebef4 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/snippets/deprecate_source_build_root.md +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/deprecate_source_build_root.md @@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ Those function are common source of issue when used in a subproject because they point to the parent project root which is rarely what is expected and is a violation of subproject isolation. + +`meson.current_source_dir()` and `meson.current_build_dir()` should be used instead +and have been available in all Meson versions. New functions `meson.project_source_root()` +and `meson.project_build_root()` have been added in Meson 0.56.0 to get the root +of the current (sub)project. |