Directly embedding version inside the app instead of injecting it at

build time, so there is always only one source of truth

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set RELEASE_TAG env
-        run: echo RELEASE_TAG=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}) >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
-
       - name: Set COMMIT env
         run: echo COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD) >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ jobs:
           goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
           binary_name: eko
           ldflags: >
-            -X "github.com/kyren223/eko/embeds.Version=${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}"
             -X "github.com/kyren223/eko/embeds.Commit=${{ env.COMMIT }}"
             -X "github.com/kyren223/eko/embeds.BuildDate=${{ env.BUILD_DATE }}"
           project_path: ./cmd/client

VERSION

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v0.1.0

embeds/VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v0.0.11

embeds/embeds.go

@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
+//go:embed VERSION
+var Version string
+
 var (
-	Version   string = "unknown"
 	Commit    string = "unknown"
 	BuildDate string = "unknown"
 )

flake.nix

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
           inherit system overlays;
         };
-        version = (builtins.readFile ./VERSION);
+        version = (builtins.readFile ./embeds/VERSION);
         buildDate = toString self.lastModified;
         commit = if (builtins.hasAttr "rev" self) then (builtins.substring 0 7 self.rev) else "unknown";
         # vendorHash = pkgs.lib.fakeHash;
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
           in
           (if (debug-tracing) then pkgs.lib.sources.trace source-files else source-files);
         ldflags = [
-          "-X github.com/kyren223/eko/embeds.Version=${version}"
           "-X github.com/kyren223/eko/embeds.Commit=${commit}"
           "-X github.com/kyren223/eko/embeds.BuildDate=${buildDate}"
         ];