# Version package Help manage package, version, build hash, tag .... ## Example of implement Create a package release : ```bash / ... release/ release.go version.go ``` In `release.go` file, we will create the public variable to be overwrite in build : ```go package release type EmptyStruct struct{} var ( // Release the git tag of the current build, used with -X release.Release=$(git describe --tags HEAD || git describe --all HEAD) Release = "0.0" // Build the git commit of the current build, used with -X release.Build=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) Build = "00000" // Date the current datetime RFC like for the build, used with -X release.Date=$(date +%FT%T%z) Date = "2017-10-21T00:00:00+0200" // Package the current package name of the build directory, used with -X release.Package=$(basename $(pwd)) Package = "" // Package the current package name of the build directory, used with -X release.Description=... Description = "example of dexscription ..." // Author the name of the author for the current package, used with -X release.Author=... Author = "placeholder" // Prefix the package prefix could be used example for env var, used with -X config.Prefix=... Prefix = "EXPL" ) ``` In `version.go` file, we will implement the call to package `golib/version` : ```go package release import "github.com/nabbar/golib/version" var ( vers version.Version ) func init() { vers = version.NewVersion(version.License_MIT, release.Package, release.Description, release.Date, release.Build, release.Release, release.Author, release.Prefix, release.EmptyStruct{}, 1) } func GetVersion() version.Version { return vers } ```