Add more build information in binaries

This will fix the builds that are downloaded, but not the ones from go install

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # We need all tags
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:

cmd/autometrics/main.go

@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ type args struct {
 func (args) Version() string {
 	var buf strings.Builder
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "Autometrics %s", build.Version)
+	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "Autometrics %s (built by %s on %s)",
+		build.Version,
+		build.User,
+		build.Time,
+	)
 
 	return buf.String()
 }

internal/build/build.go

@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ package build // import "github.com/autometrics-dev/autometrics-go/internal/buil
 
 // Version is the version string of the build, when made available through ldflags.
 var Version = "development"
+
+// User is the user who triggered this build, when made available through ldflags.
+var User = "n/a"
+
+// Time is the timestamp string of the build, when made available through ldflags.
+var Time = "n/a"

scripts/build_generator

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 BUILD_PACK="github.com/autometrics-dev/autometrics-go/internal/build"
 VERSION=`git describe --tags`
+USER=`id -u -n`
+DATE=`date -u`
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( dirname -- "$( readlink -f -- "$0"; )"; )"
 
-go build -v -ldflags="-X '${BUILD_PACK}.Version=${VERSION}'" ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../cmd/autometrics/main.go
+echo "Building version ${VERSION} (${USER} @ ${DATE})"
+
+go build -v -a -ldflags="-X '${BUILD_PACK}.Version=${VERSION}' -X '${BUILD_PACK}.User=${USER}' -X '${BUILD_PACK}.Time=${DATE}'" ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../cmd/autometrics/main.go