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+project(
+	'sway',
+	'c',
+	license: 'MIT',
+	default_options: [
+		'c_std=c11',
+		'warning_level=2',
+		'werror=true',
+	],
+)
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+
+jsonc		   = dependency('json-c', version: '>=0.12.1')
+pcre		   = dependency('libpcre')
+wlroots		   = dependency('wlroots')
+wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server')
+wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client')
+wayland_egl    = dependency('wayland-egl')
+wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols')
+xkbcommon      = dependency('xkbcommon')
+pango		   = dependency('pango')
+pixman		   = dependency('pixman-1')
+libcap		   = dependency('libcap')
+
+math           = cc.find_library('m')
+
+# TODO version
+add_project_arguments('-DSWAY_VERSION="5"', language: 'c')
+
+sway_inc = include_directories('include')
+
+sway_sources = [
+	'sway/main.c',
+	'sway/server.c',
+	'sway/commands.c',
+	'sway/commands/exit.c',
+	'sway/ipc-json.c',
+	'sway/ipc-server.c',
+	'sway/desktop/output.c',
+	'sway/desktop/xdg_shell_v6.c',
+	'sway/tree/container.c',
+	'sway/tree/layout.c',
+	'sway/tree/workspace.c',
+	'common/log.c',
+	'common/list.c',
+	'common/stringop.c',
+	'common/readline.c',
+	'common/ipc-client.c',
+]
+
+sway_deps = [
+	pixman,
+	wayland_server,
+	jsonc,
+	wlroots,
+	libcap,
+	math,
+]
+
+executable(
+	'sway',
+	sway_sources,
+	include_directories: [sway_inc],
+	dependencies: sway_deps
+)