initialize.xml

<project name="initialize" default="properties">

    <target name="properties">
        <!-- Source directories -->
        <property name="source-code" value="src"/>
        <property name="source-docs" value="docs"/>
        <property name="source-etc" value="etc"/>

        <loadfile property="version" file="${source-docs}/VERSION"/>
        <loadfile property="description" file="${source-docs}/Description"/>

        <property name="homepage" value=""/>
        <property name="maintainer" value=""/>
        <property name="release" value="${version}.r${env.build}"/>

        <!-- Build directories -->
        <property name="package" value="${phing.project.name}-${release}"/>
        <property name="distribution" value="distribution"/>
        <property name="reports" value="reports"/>

    </target>

    <target name="folders">
        <mkdir dir="${distribution}"/>
        <mkdir dir="${reports}"/>
    </target>
</project>