move definition of prettyVersion

Author: mingness

build.gradle.kts

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ java {
     }
 }
 
+// read in user-defined properties in release.properties file
+// to be saved in library.properties file, a required file in the release
+// using task writeLibraryProperties
+val libraryProperties = Properties().apply {
+    load(rootProject.file("release.properties").inputStream())
+}
 
 //==========================
 // USER BUILD CONFIGURATIONS
@@ -35,13 +41,6 @@ val libName = "myLibrary"
 // Replace "com.myDomain" with your own domain or organization name.
 group = "com.myDomain"
 
-// The version of your library. It usually follows semantic versioning (semver),
-// which uses three numbers separated by dots: "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH" (e.g., "1.0.0").
-// - MAJOR: Increases when you make incompatible changes.
-// - MINOR: Increases when you add new features that are backward-compatible.
-// - PATCH: Increases when you make backward-compatible bug fixes.
-// You can update these numbers as you release new versions of your library.
-
 // the following conditional allows for the version to be overwritten by a Github release
 // via the release workflow, which defines a property named "githubReleaseTag"
 
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ version = if (project.hasProperty("githubReleaseTag")) {
     project.property("githubReleaseTag").toString().drop(1)
 
 } else {
-    "1.0.0"
+    libraryProperties.getProperty("prettyVersion")
 }
 
 // The location of your sketchbook folder. The sketchbook folder holds your installed
@@ -149,28 +148,14 @@ val releaseRoot = "$rootDir/release"
 val releaseName = libName
 val releaseDirectory = "$releaseRoot/$releaseName"
 
-// read in user-defined properties in release.properties file
-// to be saved in library.properties file, a required file in the release
-// using task writeLibraryProperties
-val libraryProperties = Properties().apply {
-    load(rootProject.file("release.properties").inputStream())
-}
-
 tasks.register<WriteProperties>("writeLibraryProperties") {
     group = "processing"
     destinationFile = project.file("library.properties")
 
-    property("name", libraryProperties.getProperty("name"))
-    property("version", libraryProperties.getProperty("version"))
-    property("prettyVersion", project.version)
-    property("authors", libraryProperties.getProperty("authors"))
-    property("url", libraryProperties.getProperty("url"))
-    property("categories", libraryProperties.getProperty("categories"))
-    property("sentence", libraryProperties.getProperty("sentence"))
-    property("paragraph", libraryProperties.getProperty("paragraph"))
-    property("minRevision", libraryProperties.getProperty("minRevision"))
-    property("maxRevision", libraryProperties.getProperty("maxRevision"))
-}
+    for (prop in libraryProperties) {
+        property(prop.key.toString(), prop.value)
+    }
+ }
 
 // define the order of running, to ensure clean is run first
 tasks.build.get().mustRunAfter("clean")

release.properties

@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ name=A Template Example Library
 # releases you've had. NOTE: This must be parsable as an int!
 version=1
 
+# The version of your library. It usually follows semantic versioning (semver),
+# which uses three numbers separated by dots: "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH" (e.g., "1.0.0").
+# - MAJOR: Increases when you make incompatible changes.
+# - MINOR: Increases when you add new features that are backward-compatible.
+# - PATCH: Increases when you make backward-compatible bug fixes.
+# You can update these numbers as you release new versions of your library.
+prettyVersion = "1.0.0"
+
 # List of authors. Links can be provided using the syntax [author name](url).
 authors=[Your Name](https://myDomain.com)