Source releases are missing version information

[fkr]

The source releases are missing the version infos that are compiled into the binaries. Explanation in this PR: https://github.com/gridscale/gscloud/pull/128

Conclusion: needs to be done with goreleaser.

[bkircher]

Perfect, was just about to do this :smiley:

Conclusion: needs to be done with goreleaser.

Or somehow massaged into GH Actions. For ideas also see PR #128 .

[neur0manc]

128 is closed a while now, is there a strategy on how to go forward with this?

[bkircher]

Yes. With commits 31f64b8849e32887fd2fa3b5185aa27af01a7b6b and 714dfbee959e0745dd4517cac5023852d735f68d and recently released Git v2.32.0 (annoncement) we create a file RELEASE.txt that contain GIT_COMMIT and VERSION variables. This should happen automatically when GitHub builds the release archive (I hope, not sure what Git version or implementation they use internally).

Things left doing:

• Make Makefile target check if RELEASE.txt file exists and if so, use variables therein (if present) for linker flags. Otherwise use git tools (like now) to determine those values.
• Finally, make a release and check if things work like expected :100:

[bkircher]

Seems like %(describe) is not yet working on GitHub: https://github.community/t/support-for-describe-in-export-subst/196618