Latest Git Commit Id Generator

generate a go file contains a git commit id.

It is good to generate a go file in a go http server project, that the http server can publish a url to show it's version.

Install

Using go get

go get github.com/pharosnet/gitcgen@v1.2.0

Using download

• Github Releases

Usage

Commands

Name	short Name	Desc
show	s	show latest git commit id
gen	g	generate a go file contains latest git commit id

show command args:

Name	Short Name	Value	Desc
work_tree	w	string	the path of git project

gen command args:

Name	Short Name	Value	Desc
work_tree	w	string	the path of git project
output	o	string	the file path of generated go file, such as "./foo/bar.go"
short	s	bool	use short git commit id. default is true.

Examples:

Show latest git commit id

gitcgen show -w="{TARGET_GIT_PROJECT_LOCAL_PATH}"

Generate a go file

gitcgen gen -w="{TARGET_GIT_PROJECT_LOCAL_PATH}" -o="./foo/bar.go"

Using in go generate

//go:generate gitcgen gen -w="./" -o="./versions/git_latest_commit_id.go"
func main() {
    // ...
}

Advance

Using it in CI / CD.