built_version

Description:

built version

built_version #

Provides Dart build systems for generating a package version string accessible at compile time.
The builder generates code when it finds members annotated with classes defined in package:built_version_annotation.
Setup #
Example #
Given a library example.dart with a getter annotated with BuiltVersion:
import 'package:built_version_annotation/built_version_annotation.dart';

part 'example.g.dart';

@BuiltVersion()
String get version => _$PackageVersion;
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Building creates the corresponding example.g.dart:
part of 'example.dart';

String get _$PackageVersion => '1.0.0';
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The value of _$PackageVersion will be the value found in the project's pubspec.yaml.
Running the code generator #
Once you have added the annotations to your code you then need to run the code generator to generate the missing .g.dart generated dart files.
Run > dart run build_runner build in the package directory.
Annotations #
The only annotation is [BuiltVersion](). When applied to a getter, a _$PackageVersion code will be generated when you build.
Motivation #
Why package:built_version vs. package:package_info_plus? This package offers a build-time value that is accessible in Dart code that is generated from the version code in pubspec.yaml. This value is available for a single plugin/package, as opposed to package_info_plus which takes the value from the current running application.