fix: properly handle paths for build to work

Author: Marian Rassat

meson.build

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ project(
   'cpp',
   version: run_command(
     'python',
-    'version.py',
+    meson.source_root() / 'version.py',
     'get-vcs',
   ).stdout().strip(),
   default_options: [
     'cpp_std=c++17',
   ],
 )
 
-meson.add_dist_script('python', 'version.py', 'set-dist', meson.project_version())
+meson.add_dist_script('python', meson.source_root() / 'version.py', 'set-dist', meson.project_version())
 
 py = import('python').find_installation(pure: false)
 

version.py

@@ -18,19 +18,10 @@ def set_dist(version):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     print(meson_project_dist_root)
-    subprocess.run(
-        [
-            meson_rewrite,
-            "--sourcedir=" + meson_project_dist_root,
-            "kwargs",
-            "set",
-            "project",
-            "/",
-            "version",
-            version,
-        ],
-        check=True,
-    )
+    rewrite_command = f"{meson_rewrite} --sourcedir {meson_project_dist_root} "
+    rewrite_command += f"kwargs set project / version {version}"
+
+    subprocess.run(rewrite_command.split(" "))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":