Gradle task to assist in release management, to be paired with: https://gist.github.com/nblair/53f44e08104354dd078e6104d7dae4a8

build.gradle

/**
 * Task executed by Jenkins on merges to master to confirm that we appropriately track the last
 * released version.
 * Typical commands executed by this Jenkins job, in order:
 * 1. gradlew clean updateProjectLast
 * 2. git commit -am "Tracking last released version"
 * 3. gradlew bootRepackage uploadArchives
 */
task updateProjectLast() {
    doLast {
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.load(new FileInputStream("project.last"))
        properties.setProperty("last.released.version", getVersion())
        properties.store(new FileOutputStream("project.last"), "this file is automatically managed, do not edit")
    }
}