From 5b99177dad55fb322417b648abb805dadea70657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jehan <jehan@girinstud.io>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:26:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] meson: shortcut meson not finding gimp-data/meson.build with
 a better error message.

As reported by pippin, when gimp-data submodule is not initialized,
meson configuration fails with:

> meson.build:1830:0: ERROR: Nonexistent build file 'gimp-data/meson.build'

This does not give a lot of info, and while the solution can also be
found in INSTALL.in (INSTALL in tarballs) and on developer website, it's
nicer if the build itself could give a clearer information.

Now it will say instead:

> ERROR: Problem encountered: gimp-data submodule not present. Run: git submodule update --init
---
 meson.build | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 83e13648b2..4e7bf82586 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1721,6 +1721,16 @@ if is_git_repository
   )
 endif
 
+if is_git_repository
+  has_gimp_data = run_command(python, '-c',
+    'import sys,os; sys.exit(0 if os.path.exists("gimp-data/meson.build") else 1)',
+    check: false
+  ).returncode() == 0
+
+  if not has_gimp_data
+    error('gimp-data submodule not present. Run: git submodule update --init')
+  endif
+endif
 
 configure_file(
   output: 'config.h',