<p>In <a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/1142#discussion_r71365360">Makefile.am</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>> @@ -85,3 +86,9 @@ desktopdir = $(datadir)/applications
>  desktop_in_files = geany.desktop
>  desktop_DATA = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
>  @INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
> +
> +appdata_in_files = geany.appdata.xml.in
> +
> +appdatadir = $(datadir)/appdata
</pre>
<p>generally, there is a trend toward /usr/share/metainfo - for new code I'd recommend following this move.<br>
See <a href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Quickstart.html#sect-Quickstart-DesktopApps">https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Quickstart.html#sect-Quickstart-DesktopApps</a></p>

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