From 12a76a6228b35c19f7ad88ed46bbb239bd7bff39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: slominskir <ryan.slominski@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:33:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Version from file

---
 VERSION      | 1 +
 build.gradle | 9 +++------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 VERSION

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..507266b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.17.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 55d1678..08b555e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ plugins {
 
 description = "EPICS to web gateway"
 group 'org.jlab'
-version '1.17.1'
-
-ext {
-    releaseDate = 'Feb. 14 2024'
-    productionRelease = 'true'
-}
+version new File("${projectDir}/VERSION").text.trim()
+ext.releaseDate = new Date().format('MMM dd yyyy')
+ext.productionRelease = 'true'
 
 compileJava {
     options.release = 8