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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+# gi-docgen is a new gnome documentation generator, which
+# seems to be a successor to gtk-doc:
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen
+
+# This variable is set to True if api-documentation is in
+# DISTRO_FEATURES, and False otherwise.
+GIDOCGEN_ENABLED ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'api-documentation', 'True', 'False', d)}"
+# When building native recipes, disable gi-docgen, as it is not necessary,
+# pulls in additional dependencies, and makes build times longer
+GIDOCGEN_ENABLED:class-native = "False"
+GIDOCGEN_ENABLED:class-nativesdk = "False"
+
+# meson: default option name to enable/disable gi-docgen. This matches most
+# projects' configuration. In doubts - check meson_options.txt in project's
+# source path.
+GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION ?= 'gtk_doc'
+GIDOCGEN_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG ?= 'true'
+GIDOCGEN_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG ?= 'false'
+
+# Auto enable/disable based on GIDOCGEN_ENABLED
+EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend = "-D${GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION}=${@bb.utils.contains('GIDOCGEN_ENABLED', 'True', '${GIDOCGEN_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG}', '${GIDOCGEN_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG}', d)} "
+
+DEPENDS:append = "${@' gi-docgen-native gi-docgen' if d.getVar('GIDOCGEN_ENABLED') == 'True' else ''}"
+