cmd: add a 'version' subcommand and flag to show the version

pkg/version/version.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime/debug"
+)
+
+// Version is stamped in at compile time by `ops/compile.sh`, via:
+//
+//	-ldflags "-X git.offline-twitter.com/offline-labs/gas-stack/pkg/version.Version=v0.0.4"
+//
+// It's empty for builds that don't go through that script-- most importantly
+// `go install git.offline-twitter.com/offline-labs/gas-stack/cmd@v0.0.4`, which is the normal way
+// to install `gas`.  In that case, String() recovers the version from the build info that the Go
+// toolchain embeds in every binary.
+var Version = ""
+
+// String returns the version of this binary, e.g. "v0.0.4".
+func String() string {
+	if Version != "" {
+		return Version
+	}
+
+	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if !ok {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+
+	// Set by `go install module@version`, and (as of Go 1.24) by `go build` in a git checkout
+	// that has the tags available.  It's "(devel)" if the toolchain couldn't work out a version.
+	if info.Main.Version != "" && info.Main.Version != "(devel)" {
+		return info.Main.Version
+	}
+
+	// No module version, so fall back to the commit.  This happens when building from a source
+	// tree with no usable VCS metadata: a git worktree, a `.git`-less export, or `-buildvcs=false`.
+	var revision, dirty string
+	for _, setting := range info.Settings {
+		switch setting.Key {
+		case "vcs.revision":
+			revision = setting.Value
+		case "vcs.modified":
+			if setting.Value == "true" {
+				dirty = "-dirty"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if revision == "" {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+	if len(revision) > 12 {
+		revision = revision[:12]
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("devel-%s%s", revision, dirty)
+}