Add --version flag to print build info#411
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This makes sense to me! I'm approving, but @benjaminjkraft may have feedback he wants to give too (like other version info to report, or some such). But I think it's fine to land this as-is and iterate if need be.
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Summary
Adds a
--versionflag to the genqlient CLI that displays version information including commit hash and build date.Changes
--versionflag togenerate/cliArgsstructprintVersion()function that usesruntime/debug.BuildInfoto extract:Example Output
For development builds:
For release builds:
Testing
make lint)go run . --versionandgo build+./genqlient --versionNotes
The version flag follows common CLI conventions and provides useful debugging information. Pseudo-versions (like
v0.0.0-...) are normalized to "dev" for cleaner output, while real version tags display normally.Issue #296
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