From 50e8d2692a64ba75d6771a968db7f95223ab2e30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giuseppe Grieco <g.grieco@dacolabs.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:59:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: show version info when installed via go install

---
 .goreleaser.yaml            |  6 ++++--
 internal/version/version.go | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 469b6e6..f2bbf2d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ builds:
 
 archives:
   - id: default
-    format: tar.gz
+    formats:
+      - tar.gz
     name_template: >-
       {{ .ProjectName }}_
       {{- .Version }}_
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ archives:
       {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
     format_overrides:
       - goos: windows
-        format: zip
+        formats:
+          - zip
     files:
       - LICENSE
       - README.md
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index f829c40..20bd94e 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package version
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
+	"runtime/debug"
 )
 
 // These variables are set at build time using ldflags.
@@ -19,6 +20,34 @@ var (
 	Date = "unknown"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// If version wasn't set via ldflags, try to get it from build info.
+	// This works when installed via "go install module@version".
+	if Version == "dev" {
+		if info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok && info.Main.Version != "" && info.Main.Version != "(devel)" {
+			Version = info.Main.Version
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Try to get commit and date from build settings if not set via ldflags.
+	if Commit == "none" || Date == "unknown" {
+		if info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok {
+			for _, setting := range info.Settings {
+				switch setting.Key {
+				case "vcs.revision":
+					if Commit == "none" && len(setting.Value) >= 7 {
+						Commit = setting.Value[:7]
+					}
+				case "vcs.time":
+					if Date == "unknown" {
+						Date = setting.Value
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Info returns formatted version information.
 func Info() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("daco version %s (commit: %s, built: %s, go: %s)",