# (2) in the VERSION file, in which we will append "-dev" to it
ifeq ($(VERSION),)
VERSION_FROM_FILE := $(shell cat VERSION)
ifeq ($(VERSION_FROM_FILE),)
$(error VERSION not detected. Make sure it's stored in the VERSION file or defined in VERSION variable)
endif
VERSION := $(VERSION_FROM_FILE)-dev
endif

export VERSION

# Base version of Istio image to use
BASE_VERSION ?= master-2024-05-08T18-51-53