- Generate a version string based on the VERSION file.

runtime/dart-runtime.gyp

 # Copyright (c) 2011, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 # for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 # BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'includes': [
     'vm/vm.gypi',
     'bin/bin.gypi',
     'third_party/double-conversion/src/double-conversion.gypi',
     'third_party/jscre/jscre.gypi',
     'tools/gyp/runtime-configurations.gypi',
     '../tools/gyp/source_filter.gypi',
   ],
+  'variables': {
+    'version_in_cc_file': 'vm/version_in.cc',
+    'version_cc_file': '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/version.cc',
+  },
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'libdart',
       'type': 'static_library',
       'dependencies': [
         'libdart_lib',
         'libdart_vm',
         'libjscre',
         'libdouble_conversion',
+        'generate_version_cc_file',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '.',
       ],
       'sources': [
         'include/dart_api.h',
         'include/dart_debugger_api.h',
         'vm/dart_api_impl.cc',
         'vm/debugger_api_impl.cc',
+        'vm/version.h',
+        '<(version_cc_file)',
       ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
         'include_dirs': [
           'include',
         ],
       },
     },
     {
       # The Dart API is exported from this library to dynamically loaded shared
       # libraries.
       'target_name': 'libdart_export',
       'type': 'static_library',
       'dependencies': [
         'libdart_lib',
         'libdart_vm',
         'libjscre',
         'libdouble_conversion',
+        'generate_version_cc_file',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '.',
       ],
       'sources': [
         'include/dart_api.h',
         'include/dart_debugger_api.h',
         'vm/dart_api_impl.cc',
         'vm/debugger_api_impl.cc',
+        'vm/version.h',
+        '<(version_cc_file)',
       ],
       'defines': [
         'DART_SHARED_LIB',
       ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
         'include_dirs': [
           'include',
         ],
       },
     },
+    {
+      'target_name': 'generate_version_cc_file',
+      'type': 'none',
+      'actions': [
+        {
+          'action_name': 'generate_version_cc',
+          'inputs': [
+            'tools/make_version.py',
+            '../tools/VERSION',
+            '<(version_in_cc_file)',
+          ],
+          'outputs': [
+            '<(version_cc_file)',
+          ],
+          'action': [
+            'python',
+            'tools/make_version.py',
+            '--output', '<(version_cc_file)',
+            '--input', '<(version_in_cc_file)',
+            '--version', '../tools/VERSION',
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
 }