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From: 1bcMax <195689928+1bcMax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:57:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore: delete the vestigial VERSION file
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It said 3.24.1 while the package was 3.33.0 — a second, wrong source of
truth for the version.

Nothing reads it: no reference anywhere in src/, scripts/, .github/,
install.sh or docs, and it isn't in package.json `files`, so it was never
published to npm either. Deleting it cannot affect the package.

History shows it was part of the release ritual through v3.24.1
(2026-06-01) and then quietly dropped — every release since (3.25 → 3.33)
left it behind. package.json is the real version; this file only existed
to mislead the next person who grepped for it.
---
 VERSION | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 VERSION

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 455cf2c..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.24.1