get-project-version.py

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import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from os.path import dirname, realpath, join

# Derive the POM path from the current script location
TOP_LEVEL_PATH = dirname(dirname(realpath(__file__)))
POM_PATH = join(TOP_LEVEL_PATH, 'pom.xml')

root = ET.XML(open(POM_PATH).read())
print(root.find('{http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0}version').text)