From 5964bff12f8290a6f66e2ac9f18a0b243e25f5dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Meumertzheim <fabian@meumertzhe.im>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 10:56:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use `module_version()` to get the version from `MODULE.bazel`

---
 distro/BUILD.bazel | 6 ++----
 distro/README.md   | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/distro/BUILD.bazel b/distro/BUILD.bazel
index daae3665..3ee6446c 100644
--- a/distro/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/distro/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ package(
     default_visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
 )
 
-_VERSION = "7.6.0"
-
 # Build the artifact to put on the github release page.
 pkg_tar(
-    name = "rules_java-%s" % _VERSION,
+    name = "rules_java-%s" % module_version(),
     srcs = ["//:distribution"],
     extension = "tar.gz",
     # It is all source code, so make it read-only.
@@ -27,5 +25,5 @@ print_rel_notes(
     repo = "rules_java",
     setup_file = "java:repositories.bzl",
     toolchains_method = "rules_java_toolchains",
-    version = _VERSION,
+    version = module_version(),
 )
diff --git a/distro/README.md b/distro/README.md
index 428f4eb1..7cac8923 100644
--- a/distro/README.md
+++ b/distro/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Releasing rules_java
 
-1. Update version in [java/defs.bzl](/java/defs.bzl),
-   [MODULE.bazel](/MODULE.bazel) and merge it
+1. Update version in [MODULE.bazel](/MODULE.bazel) and merge it
 2. Build the release running `bazel build //distro:rules_java-{version}`
 3. Prepare release notes running `bazel build //distro:relnotes`
 4. Create a new release on GitHub