chore: update the release process

Author: pankgeorg

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         fi
 
     - name: Build
-      run: go build -v ./...
+      run: |
+        VERSION="dev-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+        LDFLAGS="-X main.version=$VERSION -X main.commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD) -X main.date=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
+        go build -ldflags="$LDFLAGS" -v ./...

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -55,10 +55,18 @@ jobs:
         GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
         CGO_ENABLED: 0
       run: |
+        # Extract version from tag (remove 'v' prefix)
+        VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+        if [ -z "$VERSION" ] || [ "$VERSION" = "$GITHUB_REF" ]; then
+          VERSION="dev-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+        fi
+        
+        LDFLAGS="-s -w -X main.version=$VERSION -X main.commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD) -X main.date=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
+        
         if [ "${{ matrix.goos }}" = "windows" ]; then
-          go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o jh-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.exe .
+          go build -ldflags="$LDFLAGS" -o jh-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.exe .
         else
-          go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o jh-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }} .
+          go build -ldflags="$LDFLAGS" -o jh-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }} .
         fi
 
     - name: Upload artifact

README.md

@@ -204,3 +204,25 @@ go vet ./...
 3. Make changes with tests
 4. Run `go fmt ./...` and `go vet ./...`
 5. Submit a pull request
+
+### Releasing
+
+To create a new release:
+
+1. Create and push a version tag:
+
+   ```bash
+   git tag v1.0.0
+   git push origin v1.0.0
+   ```
+
+2. GitHub Actions will automatically:
+
+   - Build binaries for all platforms
+   - Create a GitHub release with the binaries
+   - Include version information in the binaries
+
+3. Version information is embedded in binaries:
+   ```bash
+   jh --version  # Shows version, commit, and build date
+   ```

main.go

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// Version information (set during build)
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = "unknown"
+	date    = "unknown"
+)
+
 func getConfigFilePath() string {
 	homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 	return filepath.Join(homeDir, ".juliahub")
@@ -143,8 +150,9 @@ func normalizeServer(server string) string {
 }
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "jh",
-	Short: "JuliaHub CLI",
+	Use:     "jh",
+	Short:   "JuliaHub CLI",
+	Version: version,
 	Long: `A command line interface for interacting with JuliaHub.
 
 JuliaHub is a platform for Julia computing that provides dataset management,