From ffe220fa9bdc26aab0a19dc61ab529e7eadf8887 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Randall Winkhart <idgr@tutanota.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 14:00:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Retrieve packaging version number from a temporary Go program

---
 .gitignore        | 1 +
 packaging/main.sh | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f802307..8cdc2cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 /mutn.exe
 /libmuttonserver
 /libmuttonserver.exe
+/version.go
 output
diff --git a/packaging/main.sh b/packaging/main.sh
index 6bacb20..6cdb401 100755
--- a/packaging/main.sh
+++ b/packaging/main.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# get version number from backend TODO embed Go code that reads the value of LibmuttonVersion
-version=$(grep 'LibmuttonVersion = "' ../src/backend/1globals.go | cut -c22-26)
+# get version number from LibmuttonVersion
+cd ..
+printf 'package main\nimport (\n"fmt"\n"github.com/rwinkhart/MUTN/src/backend"\n)\nfunc main() {\nfmt.Println(backend.LibmuttonVersion)\n}' > ./version.go
+version=$(go run ./version.go)
+rm ./version.go
+cd ./packaging
 
 # get revision number from user input, fallback to 1 if not provided
 if [ -z "$2" ]; then