feat: support GetVersionInfo() API in released binary (#4860)

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ before:
     - go mod tidy
     # you may remove this if you don't need go generate
     #- go generate ./...
+    - go test -v -run TestGetVersionInfo ./util/system_test.go ./util/system.go ./util/variable.go
 
 builds:
   - env:

Dockerfile

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ RUN go mod download
 # Copy source files
 COPY . .
 
+RUN go test -v -run TestGetVersionInfo ./util/system_test.go ./util/system.go ./util/variable.go
 RUN ./build.sh
-RUN go test -v -run TestGetVersionInfo ./util/system_test.go ./util/system.go > version_info.txt
 
 FROM alpine:latest AS STANDARD
 LABEL MAINTAINER="https://casdoor.org/"
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ WORKDIR /
 COPY --from=BACK --chown=$USER:$USER /go/src/casdoor/server_${BUILDX_ARCH} ./server
 COPY --from=BACK --chown=$USER:$USER /go/src/casdoor/swagger ./swagger
 COPY --from=BACK --chown=$USER:$USER /go/src/casdoor/conf/app.conf ./conf/app.conf
-COPY --from=BACK --chown=$USER:$USER /go/src/casdoor/version_info.txt ./go/src/casdoor/version_info.txt
 COPY --from=FRONT --chown=$USER:$USER /web/build ./web/build
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/server"]
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ COPY --from=BACK /go/src/casdoor/server_${BUILDX_ARCH} ./server
 COPY --from=BACK /go/src/casdoor/swagger ./swagger
 COPY --from=BACK /go/src/casdoor/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
 COPY --from=BACK /go/src/casdoor/conf/app.conf ./conf/app.conf
-COPY --from=BACK /go/src/casdoor/version_info.txt ./go/src/casdoor/version_info.txt
 COPY --from=FRONT /web/build ./web/build
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash"]

controllers/system_info.go

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 package controllers
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/casdoor/casdoor/util"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 )
 
 // GetSystemInfo
@@ -46,10 +49,10 @@ func (c *ApiController) GetSystemInfo() {
 // @Success 200 {object} util.VersionInfo The Response object
 // @router /get-version-info [get]
 func (c *ApiController) GetVersionInfo() {
-	errInfo := ""
 	versionInfo, err := util.GetVersionInfo()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, git.ErrRepositoryNotExists) {
-		errInfo = "Git error: " + err.Error()
+		c.ResponseError(err.Error())
+		return
 	}
 
 	if versionInfo.Version != "" {
@@ -57,14 +60,7 @@ func (c *ApiController) GetVersionInfo() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	versionInfo, err = util.GetVersionInfoFromFile()
+	c.ResponseOk(util.GetBuiltInVersionInfo())
-	if err != nil {
-		errInfo = errInfo + ", File error: " + err.Error()
-		c.ResponseError(errInfo)
-		return
-	}
-
-	c.ResponseOk(versionInfo)
 }
 
 // Health

util/system.go

@@ -15,14 +15,9 @@
 package util
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
@@ -161,46 +156,10 @@ func GetVersionInfo() (*VersionInfo, error) {
 	return res, nil
 }
 
-func GetVersionInfoFromFile() (*VersionInfo, error) {
+func GetBuiltInVersionInfo() *VersionInfo {
-	res := &VersionInfo{
+	return &VersionInfo{
-		Version:      "",
+		Version:      Version,
-		CommitId:     "",
+		CommitId:     CommitId,
-		CommitOffset: -1,
+		CommitOffset: CommitOffset,
 	}
-
-	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
-	rootPath := path.Dir(path.Dir(filename))
-	file, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(path.Join(rootPath, "version_info.txt")))
-	if err != nil {
-		return res, err
-	}
-	defer file.Close()
-
-	// Read file contents line by line
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		// Use regular expressions to match strings
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(`\{([^{}]+)\}`)
-		versionInfo := scanner.Text()
-		matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(versionInfo)
-		if len(matches) > 1 {
-			split := strings.Split(matches[1], " ")
-			version := split[0]
-			commitId := split[1]
-			commitOffset, _ := strconv.Atoi(split[2])
-			res = &VersionInfo{
-				Version:      version,
-				CommitId:     commitId,
-				CommitOffset: commitOffset,
-			}
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return res, err
-	}
-
-	return res, nil
 }

util/system_test.go

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -41,8 +44,27 @@ func TestGetMemoryUsage(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGetVersionInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	versionInfo, err := GetVersionInfo()
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Log(versionInfo)
+	assert.NotNil(t, versionInfo)
+
+	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
+	variablePath := path.Join(path.Dir(filename), "variable.go")
+
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(variablePath)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	replacements := map[*regexp.Regexp]string{
+		regexp.MustCompile(`Version\s*=\s*".*"`):       fmt.Sprintf(`Version      = "%s"`, versionInfo.Version),
+		regexp.MustCompile(`CommitId\s*=\s*".*"`):      fmt.Sprintf(`CommitId     = "%s"`, versionInfo.CommitId),
+		regexp.MustCompile(`CommitOffset\s*=\s*-?\d+`): fmt.Sprintf(`CommitOffset = %d`, versionInfo.CommitOffset),
+	}
+	updated := string(content)
+	for re, val := range replacements {
+		updated = re.ReplaceAllString(updated, val)
+	}
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(variablePath, []byte(updated), 0o644)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestGetVersion(t *testing.T) {
@@ -92,9 +114,3 @@ func TestGetVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, aheadCnt)
 	assert.Equal(t, "v1.257.0", releaseVersion)
 }
-
-func TestFromFile(t *testing.T) {
-	versionInfo, err := GetVersionInfoFromFile()
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	t.Log(versionInfo)
-}

util/variable.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Casdoor Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package util
+
+var (
+	Version      = "dev"
+	CommitId     = "unknown"
+	CommitOffset = 0
+)