pass version to binary

Author: numkem

cmd/server/main.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	msgstore "github.com/numkem/msgscript/store"
 )
 
+var version = "dev"
 func main() {
 	// Parse command-line flags
 	backendName := flag.String("backend", msgstore.BACKEND_FILE_NAME, "Storage backend to use (etcd, sqlite, flatfile)")

nix/pkgs/cli.nix

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ buildGoModule {
       gpgme
     ]);
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-X"
+    "main.version=${version}"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/bin/cli $out/bin/msgscriptcli
   '';

nix/pkgs/server.nix

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ buildGoModule {
       gpgme
     ]);
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-X"
+    "main.version=${version}"
+  ];
+
   doCheck = false; # Requires networking, will just timeout
 
   postInstall = ''