Added helper scripts that will lock and unlock changes to version.go.

README.md

@@ -221,6 +221,16 @@ The tool checks that SANs are valid for the selected certificate type(s). Certif
 
 See `examples/example-certificates.hcl` for a more advanced provisioning file with templates and variables.
 
+## Building the Tool
+
+The repository includes a `build.sh` script to build the CLI tool. It updates the version in `version.go` and builds the binary.
+
+To ignore changes made to `version.go` in Git, you can run:
+
+```bash
+git update-index --assume-unchanged version.go
+```
+
 ---
 
 ## Notes

build.sh

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ else
   VERSION="dev"
 fi
 
+# Hardcode the version into main.go
+sed -i '' "s/^var Version = .*/var Version = \"$VERSION\"/" version.go
+
 if echo $VERSION | grep -q 'dirty$'; then
   echo "Building in development mode, output directory is set to 'build'."
   OUTPUT_DIR=build
@@ -19,4 +22,5 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Build the Lab CA binary with version information
-go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=$VERSION" -o $OUTPUT_DIR/lab-ca
+# go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=$VERSION" -o $OUTPUT_DIR/lab-ca
+go build -o $OUTPUT_DIR/lab-ca

ignore-changes-to-version-go.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+git update-index --assume-unchanged version.go

main.go

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var Version = ""
-
 // Global flags available to all commands
 var overwrite bool
 var dryRun bool

set-version.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/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

version.go

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package main
+
+var Version = "dev"