Same Version returned from CLI and and TASK

[joeblew999]

Description

It will make automation etc easier.

From the CLI:

go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest 
task --version
Task version: v3.42.1 (h1:HOaFbZGLOrAy2V/dLsX2rGJZVG2Qx6268KUIAIXdNE4=)

From inside a Task:

- echo 'TASK_VERSION:'          {{.TASK_VERSION}}
TASK_VERSION: v3.42.1

Its now fixed on:

https://github.com/go-task/task/tree/recursive-config-search

go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@recursive-config-search
task --version

3.42.1

But, I wonder if there is some sense in returning the Branch name, like:

go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@recursive-config-search
task --version

recursive-config-search

The reasoning here is that it will make it much easier to tell any environment what you want, and then force that. The CLI and TASK would return "recursive-config-search"

The Github Action, can then do it also. Or you just install golang, and then go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@recursive-config-search and off you go.

[pd93]

@joeblew999 on main we will include the commit hash if the binary was built from a Git repo. However, this is mainly for development purposes. We do not currently have any plans to start tagging/releasing development builds and if using Task in production, I would generally not recommend using an untagged version since they are much more likely to contain bugs/unfinished code.

go install already lets you install from Git references like branches and commits, so it is already possible to run the command you provided. However, it is not possible to include the branch name in the --version or {{.VERSION}} when installed this way since there is no build info available.

It would be possible to do this with GitHub actions, but that would mean creating a build for every branch. I don't think this is something we want to explore.

Sidenote: We wanted the version string we return to be compliant with semver so that people can use a standard tool to parse the output. This is why we dropped the task version: string. Changing this to a branch name would break this.