build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+fn main() {
+    // --long forces "TAG-N-gSHA[-dirty]" format even on exact tag matches,
+    // making parsing unambiguous for pre-release tags like v0.14.0-rc1.
+    let git_version = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .args(["describe", "--tags", "--always", "--dirty", "--long"])
+        .output()
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|o| o.status.success())
+        .and_then(|o| String::from_utf8(o.stdout).ok())
+        .and_then(|raw| parse_git_describe(raw.trim()));
+
+    if let Some(v) = git_version {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-env=NUMA_BUILD_VERSION={}", v);
+    }
+
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=.git/HEAD");
+}
+
+/// Parse `git describe --long` output into a SemVer-compatible string.
+///   "v0.13.1-0-ga87f907"          → "0.13.1"
+///   "v0.13.1-9-ga87f907"          → "0.13.1+a87f907"
+///   "v0.14.0-rc1-0-ga87f907"      → "0.14.0-rc1"
+///   "v0.14.0-rc1-3-ga87f907-dirty" → "0.14.0-rc1+a87f907-dirty"
+///   "a87f907"                      → "0.0.0+a87f907"
+fn parse_git_describe(s: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let s = s.strip_prefix('v').unwrap_or(s);
+    let dirty = s.ends_with("-dirty");
+    let s = s.strip_suffix("-dirty").unwrap_or(s);
+
+    // --long format: TAG-N-gSHA. Split from the right so tags with hyphens work.
+    let gpos = s.rfind("-g")?;
+    let sha = &s[gpos + 2..];
+    let rest = &s[..gpos];
+    let npos = rest.rfind('-')?;
+    let n: u32 = rest[npos + 1..].parse().ok()?;
+    let tag = &rest[..npos];
+
+    if tag.is_empty() {
+        return Some(format!("0.0.0+{}", sha));
+    }
+
+    Some(match (n, dirty) {
+        (0, false) => tag.to_string(),
+        (0, true) => format!("{}+{}-dirty", tag, sha),
+        (_, false) => format!("{}+{}", tag, sha),
+        (_, true) => format!("{}+{}-dirty", tag, sha),
+    })
+}

src/api.rs

@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ async fn stats(State(ctx): State<Arc<ServerCtx>>) -> Json<StatsResponse> {
     };
 
     Json(StatsResponse {
-        version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+        version: crate::version(),
         uptime_secs: snap.uptime_secs,
         upstream,
         mode: ctx.upstream_mode.as_str(),

src/health.rs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl HealthMeta {
     #[cfg(test)]
     pub fn test_fixture() -> Self {
         HealthMeta {
-            version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+            version: crate::version(),
             hostname: "test-host".to_string(),
             sni: "numa.numa".to_string(),
             dot_enabled: false,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl HealthMeta {
         }
 
         HealthMeta {
-            version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+            version: crate::version(),
             hostname: crate::hostname(),
             sni: "numa.numa".to_string(),
             dot_enabled,

src/lib.rs

@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ pub(crate) mod testutil;
 pub type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
+/// Build version string. On tagged releases: `0.13.1`. On commits ahead
+/// of a tag: `0.13.1+a87f907`. With uncommitted changes: `0.13.1+a87f907-dirty`.
+/// Falls back to `CARGO_PKG_VERSION` when built outside a git repo (e.g.
+/// from a source tarball).
+pub fn version() -> &'static str {
+    option_env!("NUMA_BUILD_VERSION").unwrap_or(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))
+}
+
 /// Detect the machine hostname via the `hostname` command. Returns the
 /// full hostname (e.g., `macbook-pro.local`), or `"numa"` if the command
 /// fails. Call sites that need the short form (e.g., mDNS instance

src/main.rs

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async fn main() -> numa::Result<()> {
             };
         }
         "version" | "--version" | "-V" => {
-            eprintln!("numa {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+            eprintln!("numa {}", numa::version());
             return Ok(());
         }
         "help" | "--help" | "-h" => {
@@ -383,12 +383,10 @@ async fn main() -> numa::Result<()> {
     };
 
     // Title row: center within the box
-    let title = format!(
+    let ver = numa::version();
-        "{b}NUMA{r}  {it}DNS that governs itself{r}  {d}v{}{r}",
+    let title = format!("{b}NUMA{r}  {it}DNS that governs itself{r}  {d}v{ver}{r}",);
-        env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")
-    );
     // The title contains ANSI codes; visible length is ~38 chars. Pad to fill the box.
-    let title_visible_len = 4 + 2 + 24 + 2 + 1 + env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").len() + 1;
+    let title_visible_len = 4 + 2 + 24 + 2 + 1 + ver.len() + 1;
     let title_pad = w.saturating_sub(title_visible_len);
     eprintln!("\n{o}  ╔{bar_top}╗{r}");
     eprint!("{o}  ║{r} {title}");