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

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # 1. Checkout source code
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # 2. Setup Go environment
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.24.5'
+
+      # 3. Build binary with Version injected
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${GITEA_REF_NAME}
+          echo "Building version $VERSION"
+          go mod tidy
+          go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=$VERSION" -o lab-ca .
+
+      # 4. Install the tea CLI
+      - name: Install tea CLI
+        run: go install code.gitea.io/tea@latest
+
+      # 5. Authenticate tea CLI
+      - name: Login to Gitea
+        run: |
+          tea login add --name ci --url $GITEA_URL --token $GITEA_TOKEN
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_URL: ${{ secrets.GITEA_URL }}
+
+      # 6. Create or update release
+      - name: Create or update release
+        run: |
+          tea release create $GITEA_REF_NAME \
+            --title "$GITEA_REF_NAME" \
+            --note "Automated release for $GITEA_REF_NAME" || \
+          echo "Release already exists, skipping create."
+
+      # 7. Upload binary to the release
+      - name: Upload binary
+        run: tea release upload $GITEA_REF_NAME lab-ca

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 **/go.sum
 # Ignore the binary output
 lab-ca*
+build
 # Ignore any certificate files
 *.pem
 # Ignore CA configuration and certificate definitions.

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

@@ -6,4 +6,21 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 else
   VERSION="dev"
 fi
-go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=$VERSION" -o lab-ca
+
+# 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
+
+  # Make sure the output directory exists, create it if it is not
+  mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
+else
+  echo "Building with version: $VERSION"
+  OUTPUT_DIR=$GOHOME/bin
+fi
+
+# Build the Lab CA binary with version information
+# 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 = "dev"
-
 // Global flags available to all commands
 var overwrite bool
 var dryRun bool
@@ -225,7 +223,7 @@ func main() {
 		Use:   "version",
 		Short: "Show version information",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("lab-ca version: %s\n", Version)
+			fmt.Printf("lab-ca version: %s\n", getVersionDescription())
 		},
 	}
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
@@ -235,15 +233,23 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+func getVersionDescription() string {
+	if Version == "" {
+		return "no version information was compiled in"
+	}
+	return Version
+}
+
 func printMainHelp() {
 	fmt.Printf("lab-ca - Certificate Authority Utility\n")
-	fmt.Printf("Version: %s\n", Version)
+	fmt.Printf("Version: %s\n", getVersionDescription())
 	fmt.Println()
 	fmt.Println("Usage:")
 	fmt.Println("  lab-ca <command> [options]")
 	fmt.Println()
 	fmt.Println("Available commands:")
 	fmt.Println("  initca     Generate a new CA certificate and key")
+	fmt.Println("  list       List issued certificates")
 	fmt.Println("  issue      Issue a new certificate")
 	fmt.Println("  provision  Provision certificates from a batch file (HCL)")
 	fmt.Println("  revoke     Revoke a certificate by name or serial number")

run-test.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-LAB_CA="./lab-ca"
+LAB_CA="build/lab-ca"
 PROVISION_CONFIG="examples/example-certificates.hcl"
 # Build and install
 # Build script for lab-ca with version injection from git tag

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"