fix: use correct version info

Author: zerebos

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ builds:
     ldflags:
       - -s -w
       - -X main.version={{.Version}}
-      - -X main.commit={{.Commit}}
-      - -X main.date={{.CommitTimestamp}}
+      - -X main.commit={{.ShortCommit}}
+      - -X main.date={{.CommitDate}}
     mod_timestamp: '{{ .CommitTimestamp }}'
 
 # Our binaries are small, so we can skip UPX compression

Taskfile.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tasks:
     vars:
       LDFLAGS: '-X main.version={{.VERSION}}-dev -X main.commit={{.COMMIT}} -X main.date={{.BUILD_DATE}}'
     cmds:
-      - go run {{.MAIN_PACKAGE}} {{.CLI_ARGS}}
+      - go run -ldflags "{{.LDFLAGS}}" {{.MAIN_PACKAGE}} {{.CLI_ARGS}}
 
   # Build tasks
   build:

cmd/root.go

@@ -7,6 +7,40 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// Version info populated by main.go from ldflags
+var (
+	buildVersion = "dev"
+	buildCommit  = "unknown"
+	buildDate    = "unknown"
+)
+
+// SetVersionInfo is called by main.go to populate version information
+func SetVersionInfo(version, commit, date string) {
+	buildVersion = version
+	buildCommit = commit
+	buildDate = date
+}
+
+// GetVersion returns the semantic version string
+func GetVersion() string {
+	return buildVersion
+}
+
+// GetCommit returns the git commit hash
+func GetCommit() string {
+	return buildCommit
+}
+
+// GetDate returns the build date
+func GetDate() string {
+	return buildDate
+}
+
+// IsDebugBuild returns true if this is a dev build (not set via ldflags)
+func IsDebugBuild() bool {
+	return buildVersion == "dev"
+}
+
 func init() {
 
 }

cmd/version.go

@@ -14,8 +14,16 @@ func init() {
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Print the version number",
-	Long:  "Shows all the necessary version information for bug reports.",
+	Long:  "Shows version information for BetterDiscord CLI.",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println(debug.ReadBuildInfo())
+		// Show clean output for production builds, debug info for dev builds
+		if IsDebugBuild() {
+			fmt.Println(debug.ReadBuildInfo())
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("BetterDiscord CLI %s\n", GetVersion())
+			fmt.Printf("Commit: %s\n", GetCommit())
+			fmt.Printf("Built:  %s\n", GetDate())
+		}
 	},
 }
+

main.go

@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/betterdiscord/cli/cmd"
 )
 
+// Version information set by ldflags during build
+var (
+	version = "dev"     // Set by: -X main.version=v1.0.0
+	commit  = "unknown" // Set by: -X main.commit=abc123
+	date    = "unknown" // Set by: -X main.date=2025-02-15...
+)
+
 func main() {
 	log.SetFlags(0)
+	// Initialize version info for cmd package
+	cmd.SetVersionInfo(version, commit, date)
 	cmd.Execute()
 }