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Is there a way to get a version number into a `BUILD`'s target? We are evaluating different ways of adding metadata to our projects and debating if it is worth adding other files.

Not sure I understand, can you give an example?

Say a library is at version 1.0.1. Instead of having a `VERSION` file in the directory with the code or some other system, is there a way to put it in the `python_library` target metadata?

```python_library(
    name = 'greet',
    sources = ['*.py', '!*_test.py'],
    dependencies = [
        "//:translate",
        ":greetings",
        "helloworld/util"
    ],
    compatibility = "&gt;=3.6",
    version = "1.0.1",
)```

Maybe this is a bad idea, but we are working on improving our automated builds. So of course I thought of `BUILD` :smiling_imp:

Interesting. And that version would get embedded into the code?

Into the build artifact `milk-py3-1.0.1.whl`  for sure. I guess some code might need it (e.g. `milk --version` would return `1.0.1`).

I guess I am seeing `BUILD` as solving some of the problems `pyproject.toml` solves.