From e5623022be9e946bbc061f04670576d92d56a72c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lakshman Patel <Lakshmanp230@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 14:47:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add VERSION file and root version.go with //go:embed
 VERSION as single source of truth

---
 VERSION    |  1 +
 version.go | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 VERSION
 create mode 100644 version.go

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e8bf73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a950ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Package contracts provides cross-repo type contracts for hawk-eco.
+//
+// The Version variable is sourced from the VERSION file at the repo root.
+package contracts
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+//go:embed VERSION
+var versionFile string
+
+// Version of the hawk-core-contracts library. Single source of truth: VERSION file.
+var Version = strings.TrimSpace(versionFile)