gradle sucks etc

core-velocity-impl/build.gradle.kts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "de.kentoj.scrow"
-version = "0.1"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -25,4 +24,27 @@ dependencies {
 
     // http://forge.kentoj.de/scrow/-/packages/maven/de.kentoj.scrow:kencommandapi-velocity
     implementation("de.kentoj.scrow:kencommandapi-velocity")
+}
+
+val generateBuildInfo by tasks.registering {
+    val outputDir = layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/sources/buildInfo")
+    outputs.dir(outputDir)
+    doLast {
+        val file = outputDir.get()
+            .file("de/kentoj/scrow/generated/BuildInfo.java")
+            .asFile
+        file.parentFile.mkdirs()
+        file.writeText(
+            """
+            package de.kentoj.scrow.generated;
+            public final class BuildInfo {
+                private BuildInfo() {}
+                public static final String VERSION = "${project.version}";
+            }
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+    }
+}
+sourceSets.main {
+    java.srcDir(generateBuildInfo)
 }