Load runtime version from VERSION file

app_support.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 ANI_CLI = os.environ.get("ANI_CLI_BIN") or shutil.which("ani-cli") or "ani-cli"
 APP_NAME = "ani-cli-web"
-VERSION = "0.45.10"
+VERSION_FILE = PROJECT_ROOT / "VERSION"
 ALLANIME_BASE = "allanime.day"
 ALLANIME_API = f"https://api.{ALLANIME_BASE}"
 ALLANIME_REFERER = "https://allmanga.to"
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ REMOTE_ACCESS_SESSION_TTL_SECONDS = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60
 REMOTE_SESSION_STORE_LOCK = threading.RLock()
 
 
+def load_app_version(default="0.0.0"):
+    try:
+        version = VERSION_FILE.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
+    except OSError:
+        return default
+    return version or default
+
+
+VERSION = load_app_version()
+
+
 def env_flag(name, default=False):
     raw = os.environ.get(name)
     if raw is None: