ROSAENG-66692 | feat: inject DefaultVersion from git tag at build time

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ builds:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     ldflags:
       - -X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.Build={{ .ShortCommit }}
+      - -X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.DefaultVersion={{ .Version }}
     goos:
       - linux
       - windows

Makefile

@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ export CGO_ENABLED=0
 # Unset GOFLAG for CI and ensure we've got nothing accidently set
 unexport GOFLAGS
 
+# Version from the exact tag on HEAD; empty (uses the fallback in pkg/info/info.go)
+# when HEAD is not tagged.
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --exact-match 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//')
+
 .PHONY: rosa
 rosa:
-	go build -ldflags="-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.Build=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)" ./cmd/rosa
+	go build -ldflags="-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.Build=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD) $(if $(VERSION),-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.DefaultVersion=$(VERSION),)" ./cmd/rosa
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ coverage-changed-files:
 
 .PHONY: install
 install:
-	go install -ldflags="-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.Build=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)" ./cmd/rosa
+	go install -ldflags="-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.Build=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD) $(if $(VERSION),-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.DefaultVersion=$(VERSION),)" ./cmd/rosa
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt: $(GCI)

hack/build_cli.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ oses=(darwin linux windows)
 mkdir -p releases
 
 build_release() {
+# Resolve exact tag on HEAD (stable or prerelease). Prerelease builds
+# intentionally report the prerelease version (e.g. 1.2.66-rc1).
+release_version=$(git describe --tags --exact-match 2>/dev/null || true)
+release_version=${release_version#v}
+
 for os in "${oses[@]}"
 do
   for arch in "${archs[@]}"
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ do
     fi
     tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
     trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT
-    GOOS="${os}" GOARCH="${arch}" go build -ldflags="-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.Build=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" -o "${tmpdir}/rosa${extension}" ./cmd/rosa
+    GOOS="${os}" GOARCH="${arch}" go build -ldflags="-X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.Build=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)${release_version:+ -X github.com/openshift/rosa/pkg/info.DefaultVersion=${release_version}}" -o "${tmpdir}/rosa${extension}" ./cmd/rosa
     tar -czf "releases/rosa_${os}_${arch}.tar.gz" -C "${tmpdir}" "rosa${extension}"
     (
       cd "${tmpdir}" && \

pkg/info/info.go

@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package info
 
-const DefaultVersion = "1.2.65"
+// DefaultVersion is the CLI version. For release builds it is overridden via
+// -ldflags with the value derived from the git tag. The fallback here is kept
+// current by an automated post-release workflow.
+var DefaultVersion = "1.2.65"
 
-// Build contains the short Git SHA of the CLI at the point it was build. Set via `-ldflags` at build time
+// Build contains the short Git SHA of the CLI at the point it was built. Set via `-ldflags` at build time.
 var Build = "local"
 
 const DefaultUserAgent = "ROSACLI"