make date-based version easier to read

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -4,22 +4,8 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
 
-  create-version-suffix:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      version-suffix: ${{ steps.create-version-suffix.outputs.VERSION_SUFFIX }}
-    steps:
-    - id: create-version-suffix
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: |
-        $versionSuffix = [System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss")
-        $versionString = "VERSION_SUFFIX=$versionSuffix"
-        Write-Host $versionString
-        Write-Output $versionString | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Encoding utf8 -Append
-
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.value.os }}
-    needs: create-version-suffix
     strategy:
       matrix:
         value: [{ os: windows-latest, architecture: x64 }, { os: windows-latest, architecture: arm64 }, { os: ubuntu-latest, architecture: x64 }]
@@ -34,13 +20,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
         go-version: 1.19
-    - name: promote version suffix
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: |
-        Write-Output "VERSION_SUFFIX=${{ needs.create-version-suffix.outputs.version-suffix }}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
     - name: Build and test
       shell: pwsh
-      run: ./build-and-test.ps1 -configuration Release -architecture ${{ matrix.value.architecture }}
+      run: ./build-and-test.ps1 -configuration Release -architecture ${{ matrix.value.architecture }} -ci
     - name: publish artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -55,17 +37,24 @@ jobs:
 
   cross_compile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: create-version-suffix
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: recursive
+    - name: Calculate version
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "VERSION_SUFFIX=$(pwsh ./build/make-version.ps1 -suffix beta)" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
     - uses: devcontainers/[email protected]
+      env:
+        VERSION_SUFFIX: ${{ env.VERSION_SUFFIX }}
       with:
         push: never
         runCmd: ./build-and-test.ps1 -configuration Release -architecture arm64
         env: |
-          VERSION_SUFFIX=${{ needs.create-version-suffix.outputs.version-suffix }}
+          DOTNET_NOLOGO=true
+          DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=true
+          DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=true
+          VERSION_SUFFIX
     - name: re-map path variables from container
       shell: pwsh
       run: |

build-and-test.ps1

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 param (
     [string][Alias('c')]$configuration = "Debug",
     [string][Alias('a')]$architecture,
+    [switch]$ci,
     [switch]$noTest,
     [string]$deployTo
 )
@@ -21,6 +22,12 @@ function Set-EnvironmentVariable([string]$name, [string]$value) {
 try {
     $runTests = -Not $noTest
 
+    if ($ci) {
+        $env:VERSION_SUFFIX = ./build/make-version.ps1 -suffix beta
+    }
+
+    Write-Host "Using VERSION_SUFFIX=$env:VERSION_SUFFIX"
+
     # assign architecture
     if ($architecture -eq '') {
         if ($IsWindows) {
@@ -119,8 +126,11 @@ try {
     }
     else {
         $packageVersionPrefix = (Get-Content "$PSScriptRoot/version.txt" | Out-String).Trim()
-        $packageVersionSuffix = if ("$env:VERSION_SUFFIX" -eq "") { "0" } else { $env:VERSION_SUFFIX }
-        $packageVersion = "$packageVersionPrefix.$packageVersionSuffix"
+        $packageVersionSuffix = "$env:VERSION_SUFFIX"
+        if ($packageVersionSuffix -ne "") {
+            $packageVersionSuffix = ".$packageVersionSuffix"
+        }
+        $packageVersion = "$packageVersionPrefix$packageVersionSuffix"
         $packageArchitecture = if ($architecture -eq "x64") { "amd64" } else { "arm64" }
         $packageName = "bcad_${packageVersion}_$packageArchitecture.deb"
         Set-EnvironmentVariable "secondary_artifact_name" "deb-$architecture"

build/make-version.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/pwsh
+
+[CmdletBinding(PositionalBinding = $false)]
+param (
+    [string]$suffix = "dev"
+)
+
+Set-StrictMode -version 2.0
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+try {
+    # get date of latest commit
+    $date = git show --no-patch --format=%cs HEAD
+
+    # count commits with that same date
+    $lines = git log '--pretty=%cs' -n 99
+    $count = 0
+    foreach ($line in $lines) {
+        if ($line -ne $date) {
+            break
+        }
+
+        $count++
+    }
+
+    # format date as version
+    $parts = $date -Split '-'
+    $year = $parts[0] # e.g., 2024 from '2024-12-25'
+    $month = $parts[1] # e.g., 12 from '2024-12-25'
+    $day = $parts[2] # e.g., 25 from '2024-12-25'
+    $version = "$suffix.$year-$month-$day.$count"
+    Write-Output $version
+
+}
+catch {
+    Write-Host $_
+    Write-Host $_.Exception
+    Write-Host $_.ScriptStackTrace
+    exit 1
+}

src/Directory.Build.props

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     <AssemblySearchPaths>{HintPathFromItem};{TargetFrameworkDirectory};{RawFileName}</AssemblySearchPaths>
     <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..</RepoRoot>
     <_VersionSuffix>$(VERSION_SUFFIX)</_VersionSuffix>
-    <_VersionSuffix Condition="'$(_VersionSuffix)' == ''">0</_VersionSuffix>
-    <VersionPrefix>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(RepoRoot)\version.txt').Trim()).0-beta.$(_VersionSuffix)</VersionPrefix>
+    <_VersionSuffix Condition="'$(_VersionSuffix)' == ''">dev</_VersionSuffix>
+    <VersionPrefix>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(RepoRoot)\version.txt').Trim())-$(_VersionSuffix)</VersionPrefix>
     <ArtifactsDir>$(RepoRoot)\artifacts</ArtifactsDir>
     <ArtifactsPackagesDir>$(ArtifactsDir)\packages</ArtifactsPackagesDir>
     <BaseOutputPath>$(ArtifactsDir)\bin\$(MSBuildProjectName)</BaseOutputPath>

version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2
+0.2.0