get version from meta

Author: scivision

CITATION

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+  - family-names: Hirsch
+    given-names: Michael
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-6526
+title: h5fortran
+version: 4.2.10
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3562521
+date-released: 2021-11-08

CITATION.cff

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ if(NOT is_multi_config AND NOT (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE OR DEFINED ENV{CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release CACHE STRING "Release default")
 endif()
 
-file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION PROJECT_VERSION
-  REGEX "^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)" LIMIT_INPUT 16 LENGTH_MAXIMUM 16 LIMIT_COUNT 1)
+file(READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/codemeta.json _j)
+string(JSON PROJECT_VERSION GET ${_j} version)
 
 project(h5fortran
 LANGUAGES C Fortran

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "downloadUrl": "https://github.com/scivision/h5fortran/releases",
     "issueTracker": "https://github.com/scivision/h5fortran/issues",
     "name": "h5fortran",
-    "version": "4.1.5",
+    "version": "4.2.10",
     "identifier": "10.5281/zenodo.3757269",
     "description": "Lightweight object-oriented HDF5 Fortran interface",
     "applicationCategory": "file I/O",

VERSION

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('h5fortran', 'fortran',
-  meson_version : '>=0.57.0',
-  version : files('VERSION'),
-  default_options : ['default_library=static', 'buildtype=release', 'warning_level=3'])
+meson_version : '>=0.57.0',
+default_options : ['default_library=static', 'buildtype=release', 'warning_level=3']
+)
 
 fc = meson.get_compiler('fortran')
 os = host_machine.system()