From 0ad85c56e5a611240525e8b4a641b9cee33acd9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thibault Richard <thbkrkr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:52:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Also support version on go install (#87)

This makes the version command also works when the binary is installed using go install.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml |  4 +--
 main.go                       | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 30b8bfa..b1109c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ jobs:
       - run: ./test.sh
 
       - name: Run GoReleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          version: '~> v1'
+          version: latest
           args: release --clean
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index caaf38c..22c9a1f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 		Short:         "Generate CRD reference documentation",
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
 		SilenceErrors: true,
-		Version:       version(),
+		Version:       printVersion(),
 		RunE:          doRun,
 	}
 
@@ -144,12 +145,56 @@ func initLogging(level string) {
 	zap.RedirectStdLog(logger.Named("stdlog"))
 }
 
+// Global build information variables defined via ldflags during release.
 var (
 	buildVersion string
 	buildDate    string
 	buildCommit  string
 )
 
+// printVersion prints the version, git commit and build date using global variables defined via ldflags during release,
+// or using values ​​from debug.ReadBuildInfo().
+func printVersion() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Version: %s\nGitCommit: %s\nBuildDate: %s\n", version(), commit(), date())
+}
+
 func version() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Version: %s\nGitCommit: %s\nBuildDate: %s\n", buildVersion, buildCommit, buildDate)
+	if buildVersion != "" {
+		return buildVersion
+	}
+	bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if ok && bi != nil && bi.Main.Version != "" {
+		return bi.Main.Version
+	}
+	return "(unknown)"
+}
+
+func date() string {
+	if buildDate != "" {
+		return buildDate
+	}
+	bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if ok {
+		for _, setting := range bi.Settings {
+			if setting.Key == "vcs.time" {
+				return setting.Value
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "(unknown)"
+}
+
+func commit() string {
+	if buildCommit != "" {
+		return buildCommit
+	}
+	bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if ok {
+		for _, setting := range bi.Settings {
+			if setting.Key == "vcs.revision" {
+				return setting.Value
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "(unknown)"
 }