fix

Author: DavideD

build.gradle

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ ext {
     }
 }
 
+ext.reloadVersion = () -> projectVersion = Version.parseProjectVersion( readVersionFromProperties( rootProject.projectVersionFile ) )
+
 // nexusPublishing uses group and version
 // as defaults
 group = projectGroup
@@ -201,6 +203,10 @@ subprojects {
     }
 }
 
+void reloadVersion() {
+    project.version = Version.parseProjectVersion( null )
+}
+
 private static String readVersionFromProperties(File file) {
     if ( !file.exists() ) {
         throw new FileNotFoundException( "Version file $file.canonicalPath does not exists" )
@@ -276,4 +282,4 @@ class Version {
     String getFamily() {
         "$major.$minor"
     }
-}
+}

release/build.gradle

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def releasePreparePostGitTask = tasks.register( 'gitTasksAfterRelease' ) {
 void updateVersionFile(String version) {
     logger.lifecycle( "Updating `gradle/version.properties` version to `${version}`" )
     project.projectVersionFile.text = "projectVersion=${version}"
-    project.version = Version.parseProjectVersion( version )
+    project.version =
 }
 
 def publishReleaseArtifactsTask = tasks.register( 'publishReleaseArtifacts' ) {