Cannot get the version

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I can’t get the version number after compiling, and prompt unknown, how can I solve it?

$ git clone https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy.git
$ cd caddy/caddy/
$ go build
root@ip:~/caddy/caddy# ./caddy -version
unknown
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Hi Adrian, please try following the instructions in the README under the heading"To build Caddy with plugins (and with version information)":

There is no need to modify the Caddy code to build it with plugins. We will create a simple Go module with our own main() that you can use to make custom Caddy builds.

  1. Set the transitional environment variable for Go modules: export GO111MODULE=on
  2. Create a new folder anywhere and within create a Go file (extension .go ) with the contents below, adjusting to import the plugins you want to include:
    (snippet omitted here)
  3. go mod init caddy
  4. Run go get github.com/caddyserver/caddy
  5. go install will then create your binary at $GOPATH/bin , or go build will put it in the current directory.

That will embed version information.

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I really like how the install works with Go modules – really nice!

I started an Ansible plugin that automates this:

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