add version parsing from git describe

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# ---> Go
 # Binaries for programs and plugins
+gotest
 *.exe
 *.exe~
 *.dll

main.go

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"git.bloy.org/mike/gotest/version"
+)
 
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println(sayHi("Mike"))
+	fmt.Printf("This is %s\n", version.VersionStr)
 }
 
 func sayHi(name string) string {

version/data.go

@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ import (
 // gitDescribe : Git's "git describe --always --dirty" output
 var gitDescribe = ""
 
-// BuildDate : Date of this build in YYYY-MM-DD format
-var BuildDate = ""
-
 // GoVersion : The go version used to compile this binary
 var GoVersion = runtime.Version()
 
 // OsArch : The OS and archetcture used for this binary
 var OsArch = fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+
+// VersionData : The Info struct of the version specification
+var VersionData = parseGitDescribe(gitDescribe)
+
+// VersionStr : The string representation of the version
+var VersionStr = VersionData.String()

version/data_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package version
 
-import "testing"
+import (
-import "runtime"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestGoVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	got := GoVersion

version/version.go

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Info : data structure for program version information
+type Info struct {
+	Major      int
+	Minor      int
+	Patch      int
+	Prerelease []string
+	BuildInfo  []string
+}
+
+// Equal compares two Info structs for equality
+func (t Info) Equal(o Info) bool {
+	if t.Major != o.Major || t.Minor != o.Minor || t.Patch != o.Patch {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(t.Prerelease) != len(o.Prerelease) || len(t.BuildInfo) != len(o.BuildInfo) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(t.Prerelease); i++ {
+		if t.Prerelease[i] != o.Prerelease[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(t.BuildInfo); i++ {
+		if t.BuildInfo[i] != o.BuildInfo[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// String returns a human friendly version string
+func (t Info) String() string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "v%d.%d.%d", t.Major, t.Minor, t.Patch)
+	if len(t.Prerelease) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "-%s", strings.Join(t.Prerelease, "."))
+	}
+	if len(t.BuildInfo) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "+%s", strings.Join(t.BuildInfo, "."))
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+/*
+Match groups:
+
+1. version number (without "v")
+2. major version
+3. minor version
+4. patch version
+5. prerelease identifier
+6. commit count
+7. git short hash
+8. "-dirty" if dirty, else ""
+*/
+const reStr = `^(?:v(([0-9]+)(?:\.([0-9]+)(?:\.([0-9]+))?)?))?(?:-((?:alpha|beta|rc|dev)(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*))?(?:-([0-9]+)-g)?([a-f0-9A-F]+)?(?:(-dirty))?$`
+
+var re = regexp.MustCompile(reStr)
+
+func parseGitDescribe(input string) Info {
+	matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(input)
+	if matches == nil || matches[0] == "" {
+		return Info{0, 0, 0, []string{"dev"}, []string{"unknown"}}
+	}
+
+	info := Info{}
+	if matches[2] != "" {
+		num, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[2])
+		info.Major = num
+	}
+	if matches[3] != "" {
+		num, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[3])
+		info.Minor = num
+	}
+	if matches[4] != "" {
+		num, _ := strconv.Atoi(matches[4])
+		info.Patch = num
+	}
+	if matches[5] != "" {
+		info.Prerelease = strings.Split(matches[5], ".")
+	}
+	if matches[6] != "" || matches[7] != "" || matches[8] != "" {
+		info.BuildInfo = append(info.BuildInfo, "git")
+		if matches[6] != "" {
+			info.BuildInfo = append(info.BuildInfo, matches[6])
+		}
+		if matches[7] != "" {
+			info.BuildInfo = append(info.BuildInfo, matches[7])
+		}
+		if matches[8] != "" {
+			info.BuildInfo = append(info.BuildInfo, "dirty")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return info
+}

version/version_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseGitDescribe(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := []Info{
+		Info{0, 0, 0, []string{"dev"}, []string{"unknown"}},
+		Info{0, 0, 0, []string{}, []string{"git", "feedbeef"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 0, []string{"dev", "1"}, []string{"git", "83", "feedbeef"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{"dev", "1"}, []string{"git", "83", "feedbeef", "dirty"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{}, []string{"git", "dirty"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{"beta"}, []string{"git", "dirty"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{"rc"}, []string{}},
+	}
+	inputs := []string{
+		"",
+		"feedbeef",
+		"v1.2-dev.1-83-gfeedbeef",
+		"v1.2.3-dev.1-83-gfeedbeef-dirty",
+		"v1.2.3-dirty",
+		"v1.2.3-beta-dirty",
+		"v1.2.3-rc",
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(expected); i++ {
+		got := parseGitDescribe(inputs[i])
+		if !expected[i].Equal(got) {
+			t.Errorf("Got: %v, Expected: %v", got, expected[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInfoStringer(t *testing.T) {
+	inputs := []Info{
+		Info{0, 0, 0, []string{"dev"}, []string{"unknown"}},
+		Info{0, 0, 0, []string{}, []string{"git", "feedbeef"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 0, []string{"dev", "1"}, []string{"git", "83", "feedbeef"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{"dev", "1"}, []string{"git", "83", "feedbeef", "dirty"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{}, []string{"git", "dirty"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{"beta"}, []string{"git", "dirty"}},
+		Info{1, 2, 3, []string{"rc"}, []string{}},
+	}
+	expected := []string{
+		"v0.0.0-dev+unknown",
+		"v0.0.0+git.feedbeef",
+		"v1.2.0-dev.1+git.83.feedbeef",
+		"v1.2.3-dev.1+git.83.feedbeef.dirty",
+		"v1.2.3+git.dirty",
+		"v1.2.3-beta+git.dirty",
+		"v1.2.3-rc",
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(expected); i++ {
+		got := fmt.Sprint(inputs[i])
+		if got != expected[i] {
+			t.Errorf("Got: %v, Expected: %v", got, expected[i])
+		}
+	}
+}