Access project version within elixir application

Question

I have an elixir project with a defined version. How can I access this from within the running application.

in mix.exs

  def project do
    [app: :my_app         


        

Answer 1

Mix.Project itself provides access to all project keywords defined in mix.exs using its config/0 (api doc) function. For concise access it might be wrapped into a function:

@version Mix.Project.config[:version]
def version(), do: @version