[#137] Use VERSION as a release artefact (#138)

Author: bahmanm

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build distribution packages
         run: |
-          make package
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          make package VERSION="${VERSION}"
 
       - name: Stage release artefacts
         id: stage
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(cat src/VERSION)
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
           mkdir -p artefacts
           cp dist/bmakelib-${VERSION}-portable.tar.gz \
              dist/*.rpm \

Makefile

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SHELL := /usr/bin/env -S bash -o pipefail
 export ROOT := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 URL := https://github.com/bahmanm/bmakelib
 NAME := bmakelib
-VERSION = $(file < $(ROOT)src/VERSION)
+VERSION ?= development
 PKG_VERSION = $(subst -,~,$(VERSION))
 DEB_MAINTAINER_NAME ?= $(or $(shell git config user.name 2>/dev/null),Bahman Movaqar)
 DEB_MAINTAINER_EMAIL ?= $(or $(shell git config user.email 2>/dev/null),Bahman@BahmanM.com)
@@ -220,12 +220,11 @@ build : $(BUILD)
 build : test
 build : doc-update
 build :
-	mkdir -p $(BUILD)include \
-	&& find src -type f \( -name '*.mk' -or -name '*.pl' -or -name 'VERSION' \) -exec cp {} $(BUILD)/include/ \; \
-	&& mkdir -p $(BUILD)doc \
+	mkdir -p $(BUILD)include $(BUILD)doc \
+	&& find src -type f \( -name '*.mk' -or -name '*.pl' \) -exec cp {} $(BUILD)/include/ \; \
+	&& echo "$(VERSION)" > $(BUILD)include/VERSION \
 	&& cp \
 		$(ROOT)LICENSE \
-		$(ROOT)src/VERSION \
 		$(ROOT)README.md \
 		$(ROOT)doc/*.md \
 		$(BUILD)doc

src/VERSION

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ endif
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 export bmakelib.ROOT := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-export bmakelib.VERSION := $(file < $(bmakelib.ROOT)VERSION)
+export bmakelib.VERSION := $(or $(file < $(bmakelib.ROOT)VERSION),development)
 
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