From 3f0a0c1582f55e0da950a7a321d25ffcf240ec6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:01:43 +0200
Subject: Can read project version from a file.

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+## Project version can be specified with a file
+
+Meson can be instructed to load project's version string from an
+external file like this:
+
+```meson
+project('foo', 'c' version: files('VERSION'))
+```
+
+The version file must contain exactly one line of text and that will
+be set as the project's version. If the line ends in a newline
+character, it is removed.
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