Expose server version tag to be set during build time

cmd/server/cadence/cadence.go

@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ func constructPathIfNeed(dir string, file string) string {
 }
 
 // BuildCLI is the main entry point for the cadence server
-func BuildCLI() *cli.App {
+func BuildCLI(version string, revision string) *cli.App {
 
 	app := cli.NewApp()
 	app.Name = "cadence"
 	app.Usage = "Cadence server"
-	app.Version = "0.0.1"
+	app.Version = version + "-" + revision
 
 	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
 		cli.StringFlag{

cmd/server/main.go

@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/uber/cadence/cmd/server/cadence"
+	"github.com/uber/cadence/common/metrics"
 	_ "github.com/uber/cadence/common/persistence/sql/sqlplugin/mysql"    // needed to load mysql plugin
 	_ "github.com/uber/cadence/common/persistence/sql/sqlplugin/postgres" // needed to load postgres plugin
 )
 
 // main entry point for the cadence server
 func main() {
-	app := cadence.BuildCLI()
+	app := cadence.BuildCLI(metrics.Version, metrics.Revision)
 	app.Run(os.Args)
 }

scripts/go-build-ldflags.sh

@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ fi
 
 export GIT_REVISION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 export GIT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-export GIT_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
 export BUILD_DATE=$(date '+%F-%T') # outputs something in this format 2017-08-21-18:58:45
 export BUILD_TS_UNIX=$(date '+%s') # second since epoch
 export BASE_PACKAGE=github.com/uber/cadence/common/metrics
+if [ -z ${SERVER_VERSION} ]; then
+  # If not set SERVER_VERSION, then use the most recent tag.
+  export GIT_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+else
+  # If passing a version explicitly, then use it
+  export GIT_VERSION=${SERVER_VERSION}
+fi
+
 
 if [ "$MODE" = "LDFLAG" ]; then
   LD_FLAGS="-X ${BASE_PACKAGE}.Revision=${GIT_REVISION} \