feat: update build configuration and versioning system

.gitattributes

@@ -1 +1 @@
-frontend/** linguist-documentation
+VERSION export-subst

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ before:
     - make frontend-build
 
 builds:
-  - id: "standard"
+  - id: "universal"
     main: ./cmd
     env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
@@ -24,29 +24,13 @@ builds:
     goarch:
       - amd64
       - arm64
-    binary: 'libredesk{{ if eq .Os "windows" }}.exe{{ end }}'
-    ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}
-    hooks:
-      post: make stuff BIN={{ .Path }}
-
-  - id: "arm"
-    main: ./cmd
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0
-    goos:
-      - freebsd
-      - linux
-      - netbsd
-      - openbsd
-    goarch:
       - arm
     goarm:
       - 6
       - 7
     binary: 'libredesk{{ if eq .Os "windows" }}.exe{{ end }}'
     ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}
+      - -s -w -X "main.buildString={{ .Tag }} ({{ .ShortCommit }} {{ .Date }}, {{ .Os }}/{{ .Arch }})" -X "main.versionString={{ .Tag }}"
     hooks:
       post: make stuff BIN={{ .Path }}
 
@@ -70,7 +54,7 @@ dockers:
     goos: linux
     goarch: amd64
     ids:
-      - standard
+      - universal
     image_templates:
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:latest-amd64"
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:{{ .Tag }}-amd64"
@@ -94,7 +78,7 @@ dockers:
     goos: linux
     goarch: arm64
     ids:
-      - standard
+      - universal
     image_templates:
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:latest-arm64"
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:{{ .Tag }}-arm64"
@@ -119,7 +103,7 @@ dockers:
     goarch: arm
     goarm: 6
     ids:
-      - arm
+      - universal
     image_templates:
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:latest-armv6"
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:{{ .Tag }}-armv6"
@@ -144,7 +128,7 @@ dockers:
     goarch: arm
     goarm: 7
     ids:
-      - arm
+      - universal
     image_templates:
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:latest-armv7"
       - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_ORG }}/{{ .ProjectName }}:{{ .Tag }}-armv7"
@@ -195,4 +179,4 @@ release:
     owner: abhinavxd
     name: libredesk
   prerelease: auto
-  draft: true
+  draft: true

Makefile

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-# Build variables
-LAST_COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-LAST_COMMIT_DATE := $(shell git show -s --format=%ci ${LAST_COMMIT})
-VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags) 
-BUILDSTR := ${VERSION} (Commit: ${LAST_COMMIT_DATE} (${LAST_COMMIT}), Build: $(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z"))
+# Try to get the commit hash from 1) git 2) the VERSION file 3) fallback.
+LAST_COMMIT := $(or $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null),$(shell head -n 1 VERSION | grep -oP -m 1 "^[a-z0-9]+$$"), "")
+
+# Try to get the semver from 1) git 2) the VERSION file 3) fallback.
+VERSION := $(or $(LIBREDESK_VERSION),$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2> /dev/null),$(shell grep -oP 'tag: \Kv\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+)?' VERSION),"v0.0.0")
+
+BUILDSTR := ${VERSION} (\#${LAST_COMMIT} $(shell date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"))
 
 # Binary names and paths
 BIN := libredesk
@@ -30,13 +32,13 @@ install-deps: $(STUFFBIN)
 .PHONY: frontend-build
 frontend-build: install-deps
 	@echo "→ Building frontend for production..."
-	@cd ${FRONTEND_DIR} && pnpm build
+	@export VITE_APP_VERSION="${VERSION}" && cd ${FRONTEND_DIR} && pnpm build
 
 # Run the Go backend server in development mode.
 .PHONY: run-backend
 run-backend:
 	@echo "→ Running backend..."
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 go run -ldflags="-s -w -X 'main.buildString=${BUILDSTR}' -X 'main.frontendDir=frontend/dist'" cmd/*.go
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go run -ldflags="-s -w -X 'main.buildString=${BUILDSTR}' -X 'main.versionString=${VERSION}' -X 'main.frontendDir=frontend/dist'" cmd/*.go
 
 # Run the JS frontend server in development mode.
 .PHONY: run-frontend
@@ -44,19 +46,19 @@ run-frontend:
 	@echo "→ Installing frontend dependencies (if not already installed)..."
 	@cd ${FRONTEND_DIR} && pnpm install
 	@echo "→ Running frontend..."
-	@export VUE_APP_VERSION="${VERSION}" && cd ${FRONTEND_DIR} && pnpm dev
+	@export VITE_APP_VERSION="${VERSION}" && cd ${FRONTEND_DIR} && pnpm dev
 
 # Build the backend binary.
-.PHONY: backend-build
-backend-build: $(STUFFBIN)
+.PHONY: build-backend
+build-backend: $(STUFFBIN)
 	@echo "→ Building backend..."
 	@CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a\
-		-ldflags="-X 'main.buildString=${BUILDSTR}' -s -w" \
+		-ldflags="-X 'main.buildString=${BUILDSTR}' -X 'main.versionString=${VERSION}' -s -w" \
 		-o ${BIN} cmd/*.go
 
 # Main build target: builds both frontend and backend, then stuffs static assets into the binary.
 .PHONY: build
-build: frontend-build backend-build stuff
+build: frontend-build build-backend stuff
 	@echo "→ Build successful. Current version: $(VERSION)"
 
 # Stuff static assets into the binary using stuffbin.

VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+$Format:%h$
+$Format:%D$

go.mod

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/zerodha/simplesessions/stores/redis/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/zerodha/simplesessions/v3 v3.0.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0
 )
 

go.sum

@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ golang.org/x/image v0.18.0 h1:jGzIakQa/ZXI1I0Fxvaa9W7yP25TqT6cHIHn+6CqvSQ=
 golang.org/x/image v0.18.0/go.mod h1:4yyo5vMFQjVjUcVk4jEQcU9MGy/rulF5WvUILseCM2E=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 h1:zY54UmvipHiNd+pm+m0x9KhZ9hl1/7QNMyxXbc6ICqA=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=