Better

main.go

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-	"heckel.io/ntfy/v2/cmd"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"heckel.io/ntfy/v2/cmd"
 )
 
+// These variables are set during build time using -ldflags
 var (
 	version = "dev"
 	commit  = "unknown"
@@ -24,13 +26,24 @@ the Matrix room (https://matrix.to/#/#ntfy:matrix.org).
 
 ntfy %s (%s), runtime %s, built at %s
 Copyright (C) Philipp C. Heckel, licensed under Apache License 2.0 & GPLv2
-`, version, commit[:7], runtime.Version(), date)
+`, version, maybeShortCommit(commit), runtime.Version(), date)
 
 	app := cmd.New()
 	app.Version = version
+	app.Metadata = map[string]any{
+		cmd.MetadataKeyDate:   date,
+		cmd.MetadataKeyCommit: commit,
+	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+func maybeShortCommit(commit string) string {
+	if len(commit) > 7 {
+		return commit[:7]
+	}
+	return commit
+}