diff --git a/ignore-changes-to-version-go.sh b/ignore-changes-to-version-go.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ignore-changes-to-version-go.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+git update-index --assume-unchanged version.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/set-version.sh b/set-version.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/set-version.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo "dev")
+# Allow git to track changes to version.go
+git update-index --no-assume-unchanged version.go
+# Hardcode the version into main.go
+sed -i '' "s/^var Version = .*/var Version = \"$VERSION\"/" version.go