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-## `introspect --projectinfo` can now be used without configured build directory
-
-This allows IDE integration to get information about the project before the user has configured a build directory.
-
-Before you could use `meson.py introspect --projectinfo build-directory`.
-Now you also can use `meson.py introspect --projectinfo project-dir/meson.build`.
-
-The output is similiar to the output with a build directory but additionally also includes information from `introspect --buildsystem-files`.
-
-For example `meson.py introspect --projectinfo test\ cases/common/47\ subproject\ options/meson.build`
-This outputs (pretty printed for readability):
-```
-{
- "buildsystem_files": [
- "meson_options.txt",
- "meson.build"
- ],
- "name": "suboptions",
- "version": null,
- "descriptive_name": "suboptions",
- "subprojects": [
- {
- "buildsystem_files": [
- "subprojects/subproject/meson_options.txt",
- "subprojects/subproject/meson.build"
- ],
- "name": "subproject",
- "version": "undefined",
- "descriptive_name": "subproject"
- }
- ]
-}
-```
-
-Both usages now include a new `descriptive_name` property which always shows the name set in the project.