Gradle Versioning + Version Increment Task

build.gradle

[...]
def vFile = new File( 'version.properties' )
Properties props = new Properties()
props.load( new FileInputStream( vFile ) )
def versionMajor = props.get( 'versionMajor' ).toInteger()
def versionMinor = props.get( 'versionMinor' ).toInteger()
def versionPatch = props.get( 'versionPatch' ).toInteger()
[...]
defaultConfig {
        ...
        versionCode versionMajor * 1000 + versionMinor * 100 + versionPatch * 10
        versionName "${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}.${versionPatch}"
        ...
}
[...]
//======================================================================
// Takes the version variables and increments them exponentially
//======================================================================

task incrementVersion << {
    println(":incrementVersion - Incrementing Version...")
    props.load( new FileInputStream( vFile ) )
    Integer vMajor = props.get( 'versionMajor' ).toInteger()
    Integer vMinor = props.get( 'versionMinor' ).toInteger()
    Integer vPatch = props.get( 'versionPatch' ).toInteger()
//    Integer vBuild = props.get( 'versionBuild' ).toInteger()
    vPatch=vPatch+1
    if (vPatch==10) {
        vPatch=0
        vMinor=vMinor+1
        if (vMinor==10) {
            vMinor=0
            vMajor=vMajor+1
        }
    }
    props.setProperty('versionMajor', vMajor.toString())
    props.setProperty('versionMinor', vMinor.toString())
    props.setProperty('versionPatch', vPatch.toString())
    props.store(vFile.newWriter(), null)
    println("New Version: "+vMajor +"."+ vMinor +"."+ vPatch)
}