From c25d0bef6734d32cb5138864c7bf46934952ff1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel van der Boom <marcel@hsdev.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:21:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Get versioninfo from the git repository

Sets value of softwareVer during build
---
 Makefile | 9 ++++++---
 app.go   | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 09a216f..308c6e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+GITREV=`git describe --tags`
+LDFLAGS=-ldflags="-X 'github.com/writeas/writefreely.softwareVer=$(GITREV)'"
+
 GOCMD=go
-GOINSTALL=$(GOCMD) install
-GOBUILD=$(GOCMD) build
-GOTEST=$(GOCMD) test
+GOINSTALL=$(GOCMD) install $(LDFLAGS)
+GOBUILD=$(GOCMD) build $(LDFLAGS)
+GOTEST=$(GOCMD) test $(LDFLAGS)
 GOGET=$(GOCMD) get
 BINARY_NAME=writefreely
 
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 0514f38..35ce444 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ const (
 
 	serverSoftware = "WriteFreely"
 	softwareURL    = "https://writefreely.org"
-
-	softwareVer = "0.3"
 )
 
+// Software version can be set from git env using -ldflags
+var	softwareVer = "v0.3"
+
+
 var (
 	debugging bool
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ func pageForReq(app *app, r *http.Request) page.StaticPage {
 	p := page.StaticPage{
 		AppCfg:  app.cfg.App,
 		Path:    r.URL.Path,
-		Version: "v" + softwareVer,
+		Version: softwareVer,
 	}
 
 	// Add user information, if given