version module

The version package provides some utilities to get and display the version of a system, including branch, revision, and the dirty flag status.

Constants

The following are placeholders that are replaced during the build of the system.

• Branch: Represents the branch the system is running of.
• Revision: Represents the code revision.
• Dirty: Shows if the binary was built from a repo with uncommitted changes.

Version Interface

The Version interface defines two methods for retrieving version information

• Short() string: Returns a short representation of the version.
• String() string: Returns a detailed representation of the version.

Functions

Current()

Returns the current version as a Version object

ShowAndExit(short bool)

Prints the version information and exits the program

• If short is true, prints the short version.
• Otherwise, prints the detailed version.

Parse(v string)

Parses a version string using regular expressions and extracts the version and revision. Returns an error if the string is invalid