encode nightly version, commit, date into binary

Cargo.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 keywords = ["git", "gui", "cli", "terminal", "ui"]
+build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ which = "6.0"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4"
 tempfile = "3"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
+
 [badges]
 maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
 

Makefile

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ debug:
 	RUST_BACKTRACE=true cargo run --features=timing -- ${ARGS}
 
 build-release:
-	cargo build --release --locked
+	GITUI_RELEASE=1 cargo build --release --locked
 
 release-mac: build-release
 	strip target/release/gitui
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ build-linux-musl-debug:
 	cargo build --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 
 build-linux-musl-release:
-	cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+	GITUI_RELEASE=1 cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 
 test-linux-musl:
 	cargo test --workspace --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ build-linux-arm-debug:
 	cargo build --target=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
 
 build-linux-arm-release:
-	cargo build --release --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-	cargo build --release --target=armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
-	cargo build --release --target=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+	GITUI_RELEASE=1 cargo build --release --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+	GITUI_RELEASE=1 cargo build --release --target=armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+	GITUI_RELEASE=1 cargo build --release --target=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
 
 test:
 	cargo test --workspace
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ licenses:
 	cargo bundle-licenses --format toml --output THIRDPARTY.toml
 
 clean:
-	cargo clean
+	cargo clean

build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+fn get_git_hash() -> String {
+	use std::process::Command;
+
+	let commit = Command::new("git")
+		.arg("rev-parse")
+		.arg("--short")
+		.arg("--verify")
+		.arg("HEAD")
+		.output();
+	if let Ok(commit_output) = commit {
+		let commit_string =
+			String::from_utf8_lossy(&commit_output.stdout);
+
+		return commit_string.lines().next().unwrap_or("").into();
+	}
+
+	panic!("Can not get git commit: {}", commit.unwrap_err());
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	let build_date = chrono::Local::now().date_naive();
+
+	let build_name = if std::env::var("GITUI_RELEASE").is_ok() {
+		format!(
+			"{} {} ({})",
+			env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+			build_date,
+			get_git_hash()
+		)
+	} else {
+		format!("nightly {} ({})", build_date, get_git_hash())
+	};
+
+	println!("cargo:warning=buildname '{}'", build_name);
+	println!("cargo:rustc-env=GITUI_BUILD_NAME={}", build_name);
+}

src/args.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::bug_report;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use asyncgit::sync::RepoPath;
 use clap::{
-	crate_authors, crate_description, crate_name, crate_version, Arg,
+	crate_authors, crate_description, crate_name, Arg,
 	Command as ClapApp,
 };
 use simplelog::{Config, LevelFilter, WriteLogger};
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn process_cmdline() -> Result<CliArgs> {
 fn app() -> ClapApp {
 	ClapApp::new(crate_name!())
 		.author(crate_authors!())
-		.version(crate_version!())
+		.version(env!("GITUI_BUILD_NAME"))
 		.about(crate_description!())
 		.help_template(
 			"\

src/main.rs

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ mod string_utils;
 mod strings;
 mod tabs;
 mod ui;
-mod version;
 mod watcher;
 
 use crate::{app::App, args::process_cmdline};

src/popups/help.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use crate::{
 	app::Environment,
 	keys::{key_match, SharedKeyConfig},
 	strings, ui,
-	version::Version,
 };
 use anyhow::Result;
 use asyncgit::hash;
@@ -70,7 +69,10 @@ impl DrawableComponent for HelpPopup {
 
 			f.render_widget(
 				Paragraph::new(Line::from(vec![Span::styled(
-					Cow::from(format!("gitui {}", Version::new(),)),
+					Cow::from(format!(
+						"gitui {}",
+						env!("GITUI_BUILD_NAME"),
+					)),
 					Style::default(),
 				)]))
 				.alignment(Alignment::Right),

src/version.rs

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-use std::{env, fmt};
-
-/// version type
-#[derive(Default)]
-pub struct Version {
-	major: u32,
-	minor: u32,
-	patch: u32,
-}
-
-impl Version {
-	/// read version at compile time from env variables
-	pub fn new() -> Self {
-		let mut res = Self::default();
-		let major_str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_MAJOR");
-		if let Ok(major) = major_str.parse::<u32>() {
-			res.major = major;
-		}
-		let minor_str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_MINOR");
-		if let Ok(minor) = minor_str.parse::<u32>() {
-			res.minor = minor;
-		}
-		let patch_str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PATCH");
-		if let Ok(patch) = patch_str.parse::<u32>() {
-			res.patch = patch;
-		}
-		res
-	}
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for Version {
-	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-		write!(f, "v{}.{}.{}", self.major, self.minor, self.patch)
-	}
-}