"No such file or directory - VERSION" when doing pod install on example project

[robmaceachern]

When I run pod install within the /Example directory to setup my example project, I get an error:

Analyzing dependencies
Fetching podspec for `RMCoreDataStack` from `../`

[!] Invalid `RMCoreDataStack.podspec` file: No such file or directory - VERSION. Updating CocoaPods might fix the issue.

 #  from /Users/robmaceachern/workspace/personal/RMCoreDataStack/Example/Pods/Local Podspecs/RMCoreDataStack.podspec:3
 #  -------------------------------------------
 #    s.name             = "RMCoreDataStack"
 >    s.version          = File.read('VERSION')
 #    s.summary          = "Hit the ground running with a sane Core Data stack."
 #  -------------------------------------------

Here's my /Example/podfile

target "BasicDemo" do
  pod "RMCoreDataStack", :path => "../"
end

I just noticed that there is a bit of discussion about this issue here #50.

[neonichu]

Did you try the workaround proposed in #50?

[robmaceachern]

It failed the first time I tried but after manually deleting the /Example/Pods directory and doing a pod install, it worked. Initial error below:

pod install
Analyzing dependencies
Fetching podspec for `RMCoreDataStack` from `../`
[!] Unable to satisfy the following requirements:

- `RMCoreDataStack (from `../`)` required by `Podfile`

Here's the workaround for anyone else running into this problem:

s.version          = begin; File.read('VERSION'); rescue; '9000.0.0'; end

[orta]

VERSION file is killed by #54.