[Question] How are we supposed to known the version since 0.4.7?

[rgl]

Question

Since v0.4.7/#304/#305 the tag/version was removed from the regctl version output and replaced with the git revision, e.g.:

VCSRef:     f43ada160d953317c51e7d9170afa2a316f4b9be
VCSCommit:  f43ada160d953317c51e7d9170afa2a316f4b9be

But, how, as a user, am I supposed to quickly known the version?

Version

VCSRef:     f43ada160d953317c51e7d9170afa2a316f4b9be
VCSCommit:  f43ada160d953317c51e7d9170afa2a316f4b9be
VCSState:   clean
VCSDate:    2023-02-26T02:43:41Z
Platform:   linux/amd64
GoVer:      go1.20.1
GoCompiler: gc

[sudo-bmitch]

Right now I don't have a good solution for this without comparing the commit hash to the tags in the git repo:

$ git show f43ada160d953317c51e7d9170afa2a316f4b9be
commit f43ada160d953317c51e7d9170afa2a316f4b9be (tag: v0.4.7, upstream/releases/0.4, releases/0.4)
Author: Brandon Mitchell <git@bmitch.net>
Date:   Sat Feb 25 21:37:17 2023 -0500

    Release v0.4.7
    
    Signed-off-by: Brandon Mitchell <git@bmitch.net>

...

We're currently waiting on a solution from golang/go#50603. If it looks like this won't ever be fixed upstream, then it's possible to go back to injecting tag details with compiler flags.

[rgl]

I would revert this change until a solution exists.

[mwgamble]

I agree with @rgl, I don't think it's a good idea to wait on something that may never come. It's a perfectly reasonable expectation to be able to run the-program --version and get the actual version number of the software.