[core] Include build origin in verbose output

Authored by: bashonly, Grub4K

Co-authored-by: Simon Sawicki <contact@grub4k.xyz>

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -30,18 +30,24 @@ on:
       meta_files:
         default: true
         type: boolean
+      origin:
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
     secrets:
       GPG_SIGNING_KEY:
         required: false
 
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: Version tag (YYYY.MM.DD[.REV])
+        description: |
+          VERSION: yyyy.mm.dd[.rev] or rev
         required: true
         type: string
       channel:
-        description: Update channel (stable/nightly/...)
+        description: |
+          SOURCE of this build's updates: stable/nightly/master/<repo>
         required: true
         default: stable
         type: string
@@ -73,12 +79,30 @@ on:
         description: SHA2-256SUMS, SHA2-512SUMS, _update_spec
         default: true
         type: boolean
+      origin:
+        description: .
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: choice
+        options:
+        - ''
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
+  process:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      origin: ${{ steps.process_origin.outputs.origin }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Process origin
+        id: process_origin
+        run: |
+          echo "origin=${{ inputs.origin || github.repository }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   unix:
+    needs: process
     if: inputs.unix
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -109,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare
         run: |
-          python devscripts/update-version.py -c ${{ inputs.channel }} ${{ inputs.version }}
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
           python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
       - name: Build Unix platform-independent binary
         run: |
@@ -148,6 +172,7 @@ jobs:
             yt-dlp_linux.zip
 
   linux_arm:
+    needs: process
     if: inputs.linux_arm
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -183,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             cd repo
             python3.8 -m pip install -U Pyinstaller -r requirements.txt  # Cached version may be out of date
-            python3.8 devscripts/update-version.py -c ${{ inputs.channel }} ${{ inputs.version }}
+            python3.8 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
             python3.8 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
             python3.8 pyinst.py
 
@@ -204,6 +229,7 @@ jobs:
             repo/dist/yt-dlp_linux_${{ (matrix.architecture == 'armv7' && 'armv7l') || matrix.architecture }}
 
   macos:
+    needs: process
     if: inputs.macos
     runs-on: macos-11
 
@@ -219,7 +245,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare
         run: |
-          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c ${{ inputs.channel }} ${{ inputs.version }}
+          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
           python3 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
       - name: Build
         run: |
@@ -245,6 +271,7 @@ jobs:
             dist/yt-dlp_macos.zip
 
   macos_legacy:
+    needs: process
     if: inputs.macos_legacy
     runs-on: macos-latest
 
@@ -270,7 +297,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare
         run: |
-          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c ${{ inputs.channel }} ${{ inputs.version }}
+          python3 devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
           python3 devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
       - name: Build
         run: |
@@ -294,6 +321,7 @@ jobs:
             dist/yt-dlp_macos_legacy
 
   windows:
+    needs: process
     if: inputs.windows
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
@@ -309,7 +337,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare
         run: |
-          python devscripts/update-version.py -c ${{ inputs.channel }} ${{ inputs.version }}
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
           python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
       - name: Build
         run: |
@@ -341,6 +369,7 @@ jobs:
             dist/yt-dlp_win.zip
 
   windows32:
+    needs: process
     if: inputs.windows32
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
@@ -357,7 +386,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare
         run: |
-          python devscripts/update-version.py -c ${{ inputs.channel }} ${{ inputs.version }}
+          python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${{ inputs.channel }}" -r "${{ needs.process.outputs.origin }}" "${{ inputs.version }}"
           python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
       - name: Build
         run: |
@@ -385,6 +414,7 @@ jobs:
   meta_files:
     if: inputs.meta_files && always() && !cancelled()
     needs:
+      - process
       - unix
       - linux_arm
       - macos

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ jobs:
 
           revision="${{ (inputs.prerelease || !vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT) && '$(date -u +"%H%M%S")' || '' }}"
           version="$(
-            python devscripts/update-version.py -c "${resolved_source}" ${{ inputs.version || '$revision' }} | \
+            python devscripts/update-version.py \
+            -c "${resolved_source}" -r "${{ github.repository }}" ${{ inputs.version || '$revision' }} | \
             grep -Po "version=\K\d+\.\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?")"
 
           if [[ "${target_repo}" ]]; then
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
       channel: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
+      origin: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_repo }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write # For package cache

yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     clean_proxies,
     std_headers,
 )
-from .version import CHANNEL, RELEASE_GIT_HEAD, VARIANT, __version__
+from .version import CHANNEL, ORIGIN, RELEASE_GIT_HEAD, VARIANT, __version__
 
 if compat_os_name == 'nt':
     import ctypes
@@ -3544,7 +3544,7 @@ def sanitize_info(info_dict, remove_private_keys=False):
             'version': __version__,
             'current_git_head': current_git_head(),
             'release_git_head': RELEASE_GIT_HEAD,
-            'repository': REPOSITORY,
+            'repository': ORIGIN,
         })
 
         if remove_private_keys:
@@ -3927,8 +3927,9 @@ def get_encoding(stream):
             source += '*'
         klass = type(self)
         write_debug(join_nonempty(
-            f'{"yt-dlp" if REPOSITORY == "yt-dlp/yt-dlp" else REPOSITORY} version',
-            f'{CHANNEL}@{__version__}',
+            f'{REPOSITORY.rpartition("/")[2]} version',
+            f'{CHANNEL.rpartition("@")[2]}@{__version__}',
+            not ORIGIN.startswith('yt-dlp/') and f'from {ORIGIN}',
             f'[{RELEASE_GIT_HEAD[:9]}]' if RELEASE_GIT_HEAD else '',
             '' if source == 'unknown' else f'({source})',
             '' if _IN_CLI else 'API' if klass == YoutubeDL else f'API:{self.__module__}.{klass.__qualname__}',