✨(version) convey version information to the /config endpoint and footer

We add the machinery to get version information and display it discreetly.

src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py

@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def get(self, request):
         GET /api/v1.0/config/
             Return a dictionary of public settings.
         """
-        array_settings = ["LANGUAGES", "FEATURES", "RELEASE"]
+        array_settings = ["LANGUAGES", "FEATURES", "RELEASE", "COMMIT"]
         dict_settings = {}
         for setting in array_settings:
             dict_settings[setting] = getattr(settings, setting)

src/backend/people/settings.py

@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ def get_release():
     except FileNotFoundError:
         return "NA"  # Default: not available
 
+def get_commit():
+    """
+    Get the current commit of the application
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "version.json"), encoding="utf8") as version:
+            return json.load(version)["commit"]
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return "NA"  # Default: not available
+
 
 class Base(Configuration):
     """
@@ -488,6 +498,14 @@ def RELEASE(self):
         """
         return get_release()
 
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+    @property
+    def COMMIT(self):
+        """
+        Return the commit information.
+        """
+        return get_release()
+
     # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     @property
     def PARLER_LANGUAGES(self):

src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/config/types.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export interface Config {
   LANGUAGES: [string, string][];
   RELEASE: string;
+  COMMIT: string;
   FEATURES: {
     TEAMS_DISPLAY: boolean;
   };

src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/footer/Footer.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { useConfigStore } from '@/core';
 
 import IconLink from './assets/external-link.svg';
 
+import frontVersion from '../../../version.json';
+
 const BlueStripe = styled.div`
   position: absolute;
   height: 2px;
@@ -141,6 +143,17 @@ export const Footer = () => {
           ))}
         </Box>
 
+        <Text
+          as="p"
+          $size="m"
+          $margin={{ top: 'big' }}
+          $variation="600"
+          $display="hidden"
+        >
+          You've found the hidden app version information ! Well done ! back
+          commit is: {config?.COMMIT}; front commit is: {frontVersion?.commit}
+        </Text>
+
         <Text
           as="p"
           $size="m"

src/frontend/apps/desk/version.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "source":"people",
+    "version":"version",
+    "commit":"commit",
+    "build": "NA"
+}