Release PR#2 Release version will load dynamically from version.json

src/templates/base.html

@@ -227,7 +227,11 @@ <h4 class="ui inverted header">CodaBench</h4>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
-    <div id="version"><a href="https://github.com/codalab/codabench/releases/tag/v1.1.0" target="_blank">v1.1.0</a></div>
+    {% if VERSION_INFO.tag_name != 'invalid' and VERSION_INFO.tag_name != 'unknown' %}
+        <div id="version">
+            <a href="{{ VERSION_INFO.release_url }}" target="_blank">{{ VERSION_INFO.tag_name }}</a>
+        </div>
+    {% endif %}
 </div>
     {# Admin only user switching #}
     <user_switch></user_switch>

src/utils/context_processors.py

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import json
-
+import os
 from django.conf import settings
 
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+# Set the absolute path for the version file
+VERSION_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), 'version.json')
+
 
 def common_settings(request):
     if request.user.is_authenticated:
@@ -18,6 +22,16 @@ def common_settings(request):
     else:
         user_json_data = {"logged_in": False}
 
+    # Read version information from the version.json file
+    version_info = {}
+    try:
+        with open(VERSION_FILE_PATH) as version_file:
+            version_info = json.load(version_file)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        version_info = {"tag_name": "unknown"}
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        version_info = {"tag_name": "invalid"}
+
     return {
         'STORAGE_TYPE': settings.STORAGE_TYPE,
         'MAX_EXECUTION_TIME_LIMIT': settings.MAX_EXECUTION_TIME_LIMIT,
@@ -26,4 +40,5 @@ def common_settings(request):
         'FLOWER_URL': f"http://{settings.DOMAIN_NAME}:{settings.FLOWER_PUBLIC_PORT}",
         'ENABLE_SIGN_UP': settings.ENABLE_SIGN_UP,
         'ENABLE_SIGN_IN': settings.ENABLE_SIGN_IN,
+        'VERSION_INFO': version_info,
     }

version.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "tag_name": "v1.11.0",
+  "release_name": "Release 1.11.0",
+  "published_at": "2024-09-16",
+  "body": "",
+  "release_url": "https://github.com/codalab/codabench/releases/tag/v1.11.0"
+}