build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'
        classpath 'com.novoda:bintray-release:0.2.10'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}

ext {
    VERSION = version()
}

task bumpMajor << {
    ant.propertyfile(file: 'version.properties') {
        entry(key: 'major', type: 'int', operation: '+', value: 1)
        entry(key: 'minor', type: 'int', operation: '=', value: 0)
        entry(key: 'patch', type: 'int', operation: '=', value: 0)
    }
}

task bumpMinor << {
    ant.propertyfile(file: 'version.properties') {
        entry(key: 'minor', type: 'int', operation: '+', value: 1)
        entry(key: 'patch', type: 'int', operation: '=', value: 0)
    }
}

task bumpPatch << {
    ant.propertyfile(file: 'version.properties') {
        entry(key: 'patch', type: 'int', operation: '+', value: 1)
    }
}

task genReadMe << {
    def template = file('README.md.template').text
    def result = template.replaceAll("%%version%%", version())
    file("README.md").withWriter{ it << result }
}

task version << {
    println version()
}

def String version() {
    def versionPropsFile = file('version.properties')
    def Properties versionProps = new Properties()
    versionProps.load(new FileInputStream(versionPropsFile))

    return versionProps['major'] + "." + versionProps['minor'] + "." + versionProps['patch']
}