From b8e2c8f8a27fefe22056a676fee240c3799bd2f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Nesbitt <andrewnez@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:09:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fall back to embedded build info for Version

go install does not apply goreleaser's -ldflags -X, so binaries
installed that way reported 'dev'. Read debug.BuildInfo.Main.Version
when the ldflag is unset.
---
 cmd/capcheck/app/app.go | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/capcheck/app/app.go b/cmd/capcheck/app/app.go
index bf5b0e3..4fe8047 100644
--- a/cmd/capcheck/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/capcheck/app/app.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/git-pkgs/capcheck/internal/analyse"
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@ import (
 
 var Version = "dev"
 
+func init() {
+	if Version != "dev" {
+		return
+	}
+	if bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok && bi.Main.Version != "" && bi.Main.Version != "(devel)" {
+		Version = bi.Main.Version
+	}
+}
+
 type ExitError struct {
 	Code int
 }