From 2032688c1f9ce981d1f8675a33339783ad472cf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Mark <smark@posteo.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 15:59:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat!: always retrieve version from
 `runtime/debug.Main.Version` or latest git tag

- set version from runtime/debug.Main.Version
- use latest git tag as fallback
- allow GoTomatoVersion to be overwritten via ldflags
- this will break `go build .` and `go install .`
---
 internal/metadata/version.go | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/metadata/version.go b/internal/metadata/version.go
index ecac17b..1d76b3e 100644
--- a/internal/metadata/version.go
+++ b/internal/metadata/version.go
@@ -1,7 +1,37 @@
 package metadata
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime/debug"
+	"strings"
+)
 
-// This will be overwritten by goreleaser on build
-var GoTomatoVersion = "devel"                                // The GoTomato version
-var ProtocolVersion = strings.Split(GoTomatoVersion, ".")[0] // The protocol version
+var (
+	GoTomatoVersion = "" // The GoTomato version
+	ProtocolVersion = "" // The protocol version
+)
+
+func stripVersionPrefix(version string) string {
+	return strings.TrimLeft(version, "v")
+}
+
+func getLatestTag() string {
+	bytes, _ := exec.Command("git", "describe", "--tags").Output()
+	output := strings.TrimSpace(string(bytes))
+	return stripVersionPrefix(output)
+}
+
+// set GoTomatoVersion from runtime/debug.Main.Version
+// use latest git tag as fallback
+// can be overwritten via ldflags (e,g. by goreleaser)
+func init() {
+	if GoTomatoVersion == "" {
+		info, _ := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+		if info.Main.Version != "(devel)" {
+			GoTomatoVersion = stripVersionPrefix(info.Main.Version)
+		} else {
+			GoTomatoVersion = getLatestTag()
+		}
+	}
+	ProtocolVersion = strings.Split(GoTomatoVersion, ".")[0]
+}