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* [docs] Document * Update docs/maintainers/vcpkg_common_definitions.md Co-authored-by: Victor Romero <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Billy O'Neal <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Victor Romero <[email protected]>
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 This file defines the following variables which are commonly needed or used in portfiles:
 
 ```cmake
+PORT                                     The name of the port that is currently being built
+VERSION                                  The version of the port that is currently being built
 VCPKG_TARGET_IS_<target>                 with <target> being one of the following: WINDOWS, UWP, MINGW, LINUX, OSX, ANDROID, FREEBSD, OPENBSD, EMSCRIPTEN. only defined if <target>
 VCPKG_HOST_IS_<host>                     with <host> being one of the following: WINDOWS, LINUX, OSX, FREEBSD, OPENBSD. only defined if <host>
 VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR                Host specific path separator (USAGE: "<something>${VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR}<something>"; only use and pass variables with VCPKG_HOST_PATH_SEPARATOR within "")