| ## 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 string would be set to the first line of the `VERSION` | |
| file. Leading and trailing whitespace on the file is stripped. |