--version doesn't work

[yonas]

Running task --version outputs Task version: (devel) ().

Tested using source for the latest release: https://github.com/go-task/task/archive/refs/tags/v3.40.1.tar.gz

[pd93]

@yonas Are you building the source yourself or installing a precompiled binary? If the former, then this is expected. We get the version information at build-time from Git. If you're building yourself, you need to either set this by using ldflags or by building inside our Git repo.

Generally, I would recommend that you install Task via one of the methods listed in our docs unless there is a specific reason why you can't.

[yonas]

@pd93 Building from source. I get the same problem if it's build from a git checkout with HEAD being the v3.40.1 tag:

32fa3a0 - (grafted, HEAD, tag: v3.40.1) v3.40.1 (5 days ago) <Andrey Nering>

Using go install works, but it's not as useful to me since this is going to be submitted as a patch for the FreeBSD port.