From 00129dd1c199bac04df20ba5e819695812216102 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Neuhart <j.neuhart@thecodingmachine.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 23:23:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] V1.0.0 alpha3 dev (#12)

Using version ldflag provided by GoReleaser
---
 commands/version.go  |  7 +++----
 notifier/notifier.go |  2 +-
 orbit.go             | 11 +++++++++++
 version/version.go   |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 version/version.go

diff --git a/commands/version.go b/commands/version.go
index f4cff4c..df23ad7 100644
--- a/commands/version.go
+++ b/commands/version.go
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ 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",
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ var (
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
 		SilenceErrors: true,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Println("v" + version)
+			fmt.Println(OrbitVersion.Current)
 		},
 	}
 )
diff --git a/notifier/notifier.go b/notifier/notifier.go
index 71aa1bd..7826122 100644
--- a/notifier/notifier.go
+++ b/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.
diff --git a/orbit.go b/orbit.go
index 8cd8a11..b6dc885 100644
--- a/orbit.go
+++ b/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)
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe8b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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