meson: exclude rst files from being installed with the scripts

and add them nicely to the sphinx_files without referencing '..' paths

docs/meson.build

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ if build_doc
     meson.current_source_dir()/'..'/'README.rst',
     meson.current_source_dir()/'..'/'NEWS.rst',
   )
+  sphinx_files += scripts_doc_files
   subdir('rst')
 
   sphinx_conf_data = configuration_data()

docs/rst/scripts/meson.build

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 sphinx_files += files(
   'existing_scripts.rst',
   'default_nodes.rst',
-  meson.current_source_dir()/'..'/'..'/'..'/'src'/'scripts'/'default-nodes'/'README.rst',
   'device.rst',
-  meson.current_source_dir()/'..'/'..'/'..'/'src'/'scripts'/'device'/'README.rst',
   'linking.rst',
-  meson.current_source_dir()/'..'/'..'/'..'/'src'/'scripts'/'linking'/'README.rst',
 )

meson.build

@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ common_flags = [
 add_project_arguments(cc.get_supported_arguments(common_flags), language: 'c')
 
 subdir('lib')
-subdir('docs')
 if build_modules
   subdir('modules')
 endif
 subdir('src')
 subdir('po')
+subdir('docs')
 
 if get_option('tests')
   subdir('tests')

src/meson.build

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+scripts_doc_files_relative = [
+  'default-nodes'/'README.rst',
+  'device'/'README.rst',
+  'linking'/'README.rst',
+]
+
+scripts_doc_files = []
+foreach f : scripts_doc_files_relative
+  scripts_doc_files += files('scripts'/f)
+endforeach
+
 if build_tools
   subdir('tools')
 endif
@@ -8,6 +19,7 @@ if build_daemon
 
   install_subdir('scripts',
     install_dir: wireplumber_data_dir,
+    exclude_files: scripts_doc_files_relative,
     strip_directory : false
   )