Change READ->STRINGS to autoremove trailing white space and carriage return.

CMakeLists.txt

 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
 
-file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/version.txt" version)
+file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/version.txt" version)
 add_definitions(-DPROJECT_VERSION="${version}")
-file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/project_name.txt" project)
+file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/project_name.txt" project)
 
 message(STATUS "Project name: ${project}")
 message(STATUS "Project version: ${version}")