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Refactor GIRepository GIR generation to avoid cyclical dependency

Evan Welsh requested to merge ewlsh/refactor-gir-generation into main

We're planning to bring g-ir-compiler into this repo but the compiler needs to be built before it can generate the GIR for GIRepository. The current configuration results in a cyclical dependency in this case.

To break the cyclical dependency between girepository and the compiler we need to move generating introspection (introspection/) and any tests which depend on it into girepository/.

This allows ordering the build like:

  • libgirepository
  • introspection
  • tests

Originally raised in !3796 (comment 1955627) from !3796 (closed)

Edited by Evan Welsh

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