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+project('ampart', 'c',
+    version : run_command('bash', 'scripts/build-only-version.sh').stdout().strip())
+incdir = include_directories('include')
+zlibdep = dependency('zlib')
+
+executable('ampart', 
+    'src/cli.c', 'src/dtb.c', 'src/dts.c', 'src/ept.c', 'src/gzip.c', 'src/io.c', 'src/main.c', 'src/parg.c', 'src/size.c', 'src/stringblock.c', 'src/util.c', 'src/version.c',
+    dependencies : zlibdep,
+    include_directories: incdir,
+    c_args: '-DVERSION="@0@"'.format(meson.project_version()))