[v7] Provide default version based on latest tag in branch (#3285)

* Provide default version based on latest tag in branch

Signed-off-by: João Pereira <joao.pereira@broadcom.com>

Author: joaopapereira

.github/workflows/tests-integration-reusable.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{inputs.gitRef}}
+        fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Checkout CF deployment tasks
       uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/tests-integration.yml

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{needs.get-sha.outputs.gitRef}}
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set Up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:

Makefile

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ NODES ?= 10
 PACKAGES ?= api actor command types util version integration/helpers
 LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8"
 
+CF_BUILD_VERSION ?= $$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
 CF_BUILD_SHA ?= $$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 CF_BUILD_DATE ?= $$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d")
 LD_FLAGS_COMMON=-w -s \

version/version.go

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package version
 
-import "github.com/blang/semver/v4"
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
+)
 
 const DefaultVersion = "0.0.0-unknown-version"
 
@@ -11,6 +15,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 func VersionString() string {
+	// Remove the "v" prefix from the binary in case it is present
+	binaryVersion = strings.TrimPrefix(binaryVersion, "v")
 	versionString, err := semver.Make(binaryVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		versionString = semver.MustParse(DefaultVersion)