V1.0.0 alpha3 dev (#12)

Using version ldflag provided by GoReleaser

commands/version.go

@@ -3,21 +3,20 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	OrbitVersion "github.com/gulien/orbit/version"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 var (
-	// version is the current version of Orbit.
-	version = "1.0.0-alpha1"
-
 	// versionCmd is the instance of version command.
 	versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:           "version",
 		Short:         "Prints the version number of Orbit",
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
 		SilenceErrors: true,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Println("v" + version)
+			fmt.Println(OrbitVersion.Current)
 		},
 	}
 )

notifier/notifier.go

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func newOrbitNotifier() *OrbitNotifier {
 	}
 }
 
-// Houston contains the OrbitNotifier instance used by the application.
+// Houston is the OrbitNotifier instance used by the application.
 var Houston = newOrbitNotifier()
 
 // Mute disables the notifications.

orbit.go

@@ -15,10 +15,21 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gulien/orbit/commands"
 	"github.com/gulien/orbit/notifier"
+	OrbitVersion "github.com/gulien/orbit/version"
 )
 
+/*
+version will be set by GoReleaser.
+
+It will be the current Git tag (with v prefix stripped) or
+the name of the snapshot if you're using the --snapshot flag.
+*/
+var version = "master"
+
 // main is the root function of the application.
 func main() {
+	OrbitVersion.Current = version
+
 	if err := commands.RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		notifier.Error(err)
 		os.Exit(1)

version/version.go

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+Package version is used as a dead simple bridge between main
+and command packages.
+*/
+package version
+
+// Current is the current version of Orbit.
+var Current string