From 2f037d2a198a25dc356fd95f1f56b29f0f4c5841 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zef Hemel <zef@zef.me>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:43:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1438

Another attempt, apparently Github actions don't allow running git describe.
---
 .github/workflows/edge.yml | 1 -
 build_web.ts               | 3 +--
 cmd/update_version.ts      | 9 ++++++++-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/edge.yml b/.github/workflows/edge.yml
index d728b912..11d78395 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/edge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/edge.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compile for all platforms
         run: |
           deno task build
-          deno task bundle
           deno task server:zip:linux-x86_64
           deno task server:zip:linux-aarch64
           deno task server:zip:darwin-x86_64
diff --git a/build_web.ts b/build_web.ts
index e58e663e..fc35f07a 100644
--- a/build_web.ts
+++ b/build_web.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import { denoPlugins } from "@luca/esbuild-deno-loader";
 import * as esbuild from "esbuild";
 import { updateVersionFile } from "./cmd/update_version.ts";
 
-await updateVersionFile();
-
 export async function bundleAll(
   watch: boolean,
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -149,6 +147,7 @@ if (import.meta.main) {
       watch: false,
     },
   });
+  await updateVersionFile();
   await bundleAll(args.watch);
   if (!args.watch) {
     esbuild.stop();
diff --git a/cmd/update_version.ts b/cmd/update_version.ts
index 001e8d08..b2e2cdac 100644
--- a/cmd/update_version.ts
+++ b/cmd/update_version.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { version } from "../version.ts";
+
 export async function updateVersionFile() {
   const command = new Deno.Command("git", {
     args: ["describe", "--tags", "--long"],
@@ -6,7 +8,12 @@ export async function updateVersionFile() {
   });
 
   const { stdout } = await command.output();
-  const commitVersion = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout).trim();
+  let commitVersion = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout).trim();
+
+  if (!commitVersion) {
+    // Probably in CI, let's pull from Github environment variables instead
+    commitVersion = `${version}-${Deno.env.get("GITHUB_SHA")}`;
+  }
 
   const versionFilePath = "./public_version.ts";
   const versionContent = `