automatic versioning on tags

.github/workflows/docker-build.yml

@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ jobs:
           flavor: |
             latest=false
 
+      - name: Determine version for build
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/v* ]]; then
+            # For tags, strip the 'v' prefix
+            VERSION="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+            VERSION="${VERSION#v}"
+          else
+            # For non-tags, use git commit hash with dirty flag
+            VERSION=$(git describe --always --dirty)
+          fi
+          echo "version=git-${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Building with version: git-${VERSION}"
+
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
@@ -65,5 +79,7 @@ jobs:
           push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            VERSION=${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max

Dockerfile

@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
 # Create data directory for database
 RUN mkdir -p /data
 
+# Accept version as build argument and generate version.json
+# This is done late in the build to maximize cache layer reuse
+ARG VERSION=dev
+RUN echo "{\"version\":\"${VERSION}\"}" > /app/version.json
+
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PORT=8081 \
     DB_PATH_PREFIX=/data \

frontend/src/App.jsx

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function App() {
   const [showUpload, setShowUpload] = useState(false)
   const [showPasswordModal, setShowPasswordModal] = useState(false)
   const [searchFilter, setSearchFilter] = useState('')
+  const [version, setVersion] = useState('...')
 
   // Mobile sidebar state
   const [showSidebar, setShowSidebar] = useState(true)
@@ -51,8 +52,19 @@ function App() {
   useEffect(() => {
     fetchDateRange()
     fetchConversations()
+    fetchVersion()
   }, [])
 
+  const fetchVersion = async () => {
+    try {
+      const response = await axios.get(`${API_BASE}/version`)
+      setVersion(response.data.version || 'unknown')
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Failed to fetch version:', error)
+      setVersion('unknown')
+    }
+  }
+
   useEffect(() => {
     fetchConversations()
   }, [startDate, endDate])
@@ -177,10 +189,10 @@ function App() {
               </Dropdown.Toggle>
               <Dropdown.Menu>
                 <Dropdown.ItemText className="fw-semibold">
-                  User: {user?.username}
+                  {user?.username}
                 </Dropdown.ItemText>
                 <Dropdown.ItemText className="small text-muted">
-                  Version {__APP_VERSION__}
+                  Version {version}
                 </Dropdown.ItemText>
                 <Dropdown.Divider />
                 <Dropdown.Item onClick={() => setShowPasswordModal(true)}>

frontend/version.json

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "0.1.5-dev"
-}

frontend/vite.config.js

@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs'
-import { resolve } from 'path'
-
-// Read version from version.json
-let version = 'unknown'
-try {
-  const versionFile = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, 'version.json'), 'utf-8')
-  const versionData = JSON.parse(versionFile)
-  version = versionData.version
-} catch (error) {
-  console.warn('Warning: Could not read version.json, using default version')
-}
 
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
-  define: {
-    __APP_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(version),
-  },
 })

internal/handlers.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package internal
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -422,3 +424,19 @@ func HandleSearch(c echo.Context) error {
 
 	return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, results)
 }
+
+// HandleVersion returns the application version
+func HandleVersion(c echo.Context) error {
+	// Try to read version from version.json file first (Docker builds)
+	versionFile := "/app/version.json"
+	if data, err := os.ReadFile(versionFile); err == nil {
+		var versionData map[string]string
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &versionData); err == nil {
+			return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, versionData)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]string{
+		"version": "dev",
+	})
+}

main.go

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ func main() {
 		return c.String(http.StatusOK, "OK")
 	})
 
+	// Version endpoint (public, no authentication required)
+	e.GET("/api/version", internal.HandleVersion)
+
 	// Serve static files from frontend/dist if it exists (for production/Docker)
 	if _, err := os.Stat("./frontend/dist"); err == nil {
 		// Serve static assets (JS, CSS, images, etc.)