From 2b676a1cc77df2643933154e701b4044c124ae4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ryans <ryans@jlab.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 16:40:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use VERSION file

---
 VERSION      | 1 +
 build.gradle | 7 ++-----
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 VERSION

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28cbf7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4d0e30d..0cf8270 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ plugins {
 
 description = "Jefferson Lab logbook API"
 group 'org.jlab'
-version = '5.0.0'
-
-ext {
-    releaseDate = 'April 05 2020'
-}
+version new File("${projectDir}/VERSION").text.trim()
+ext.releaseDate = new Date().format('MMM dd yyyy')
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
     options.release = 11