Adds changes to support --version and version as a command

Author: pradipta

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: '1.24.1'
 
+      - name: Set VERSION from tag
+        id: get_version
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Build the project
-        run: go build -o build/dloom
+        run: go build -ldflags "-X github.com/dloomorg/dloom/cmd.Version=${VERSION}" -o build/dloom
 
       - name: Check if prerelease
         id: prerelease

cmd/root.go

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
+var Version = "dev"
+
 var (
 	cfg    *internal.Config
 	logger *logging.Logger
@@ -26,6 +28,14 @@ var (
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "dloom",
 	Short: "Dotfile manager and system bootstrapper",
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if v, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("version"); v {
+			fmt.Println("dloom version:", Version)
+			return nil
+		}
+		// If no version flag, show help
+		return cmd.Help()
+	},
 	PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		logger = &logging.Logger{UseColors: !noColor}
 
@@ -70,7 +80,7 @@ func Execute() {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	// Persistent Flags (global)
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("version", "V", false, "Print the version of dloom and exit")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configPath, "config", "c", "", "Path to config file")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&noColor, "no-color", false, "Disable color output")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "Force overwrite existing files")

cmd/version.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Print the version of dloom",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("dloom version: ", Version)
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+}

internal/config.go

@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	}
 
 	return &Config{
-		SourceDir:      ".",     // Current directory by default
-		TargetDir:      homeDir, // User's home directory by default
-		BackupDir:      filepath.Join(homeDir, ".dloom/backups"),
-		Force:          false,
-		Verbose:        false,
-		DryRun:         false,
-		Packages:       make(map[string]*PackageConfig),
+		SourceDir: ".",     // Current directory by default
+		TargetDir: homeDir, // User's home directory by default
+		BackupDir: filepath.Join(homeDir, ".dloom/backups"),
+		Force:     false,
+		Verbose:   false,
+		DryRun:    false,
+		Packages:  make(map[string]*PackageConfig),
 		IgnorePackages: []string{
 			".git",
 			".idea",
@@ -82,19 +82,27 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string, logger *logging.Logger) (*Config, error) {
 	// If no config path specified, look in default locations
 	// First try to find a
 	if configPath == "" {
-		logger.LogTrace("No config file path specified, using defaults")
+		if config.Verbose {
+			logger.LogTrace("No config file path specified, using defaults")
+		}
 		// First, try current directory and see if a dloom/config.yaml exists
 		// If not, try ~/.config/dloom/config.yaml
 		currentDir, err := os.Getwd()
 		if err == nil {
 			configPath = filepath.Join(currentDir, "dloom", "config.yaml")
-			logger.LogTrace("Attempting to load config file: %s", configPath)
+			if config.Verbose {
+				logger.LogTrace("Attempting to load config file: %s", configPath)
+			}
 			if _, err := os.Stat(configPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				// Next, try ~/.config/dloom/config.yaml
 				homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 				if err == nil {
-					configPath = filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config", "dloom", "config.yaml")
-					logger.LogTrace("Attempting to load config file: %s", configPath)
+					if config.Verbose {
+						configPath = filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config", "dloom", "config.yaml")
+					}
+					if config.Verbose {
+						logger.LogTrace("Attempting to load config file: %s", configPath)
+					}
 					if _, err := os.Stat(configPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 						// No config file found, use defaults
 						return config, nil