I am trying out the meson python build tutorial (.html). The issue I am facing is that the build system seems to be tightly integrated with git or mercurial. It won't even let me build without a repository.

Not only that, all the changes need to be checked in for the build to work. Which is a nightmare since I have to keep checking in source for even minor changes like compilation fixes.

I tried adding the --allow-dirty to the dist command parameters, however that does not work either.

How can I use meson without commiting code? Ideally I would like to use meson without version control all together.