added dev version, changed go namespace, added inline manpage

Makefile

@@ -18,19 +18,30 @@
 #
 # no need to modify anything below
 tool    = tablizer
-version = $(shell egrep "^var Version = " lib/common.go | cut -d'=' -f2 | cut -d'"' -f 2)
+version = $(shell egrep "= .v" lib/common.go | cut -d'=' -f2 | cut -d'"' -f 2)
 archs   = android darwin freebsd linux netbsd openbsd windows
-PREFIX = /usr/local
-UID    = root
-GID    = 0
+PREFIX  = /usr/local
+UID     = root
+GID     = 0
+BRANCH  = $(shell git describe --all | cut -d/ -f2)
+COMMIT  = $(shell git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
+BUILD   = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d.%H%M%S) 
+VERSION:= $(if $(filter $(BRANCH), development),$(version)-$(BRANCH)-$(COMMIT)-$(BUILD))
 
-all: buildlocal $(tool).1
+
+all: $(tool).1 cmd/$(tool).go buildlocal
 
 %.1: %.pod
 	pod2man -c "User Commands" -r 1 -s 1 $*.pod > $*.1
 
+cmd/%.go: %.pod
+	echo "package cmd" > cmd/$*.go
+	echo "var manpage = \`" >> cmd/$*.go
+	pod2text $*.pod >> cmd/$*.go
+	echo "\`" >> cmd/$*.go
+
 buildlocal:
-	go build
+	go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/tlinden/tablizer/lib.VERSION=$(VERSION)'"
 
 release:
 	./mkrel.sh $(tool) $(version)
@@ -42,7 +53,7 @@ install: buildlocal
 	install -o $(UID) -g $(GID) -m 444 $(tool).1 $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(tool) $(tool).1 releases
+	rm -rf $(tool) $(tool).1 cmd/$(tool).go releases
 
 test:
 	go test -v ./...

cmd/root.go

@@ -17,19 +17,43 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"daemon.de/tablizer/lib"
+	"bytes"
+	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/lib"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 )
 
+var helpCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "help",
+	Short: "Show documentation",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		man := exec.Command("less", "-")
+
+		var b bytes.Buffer
+		b.Write([]byte(manpage))
+
+		man.Stdout = os.Stdout
+		man.Stdin = &b
+		man.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+		err := man.Run()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	},
+}
+
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "tablizer [regex] [file, ...]",
 	Short: "[Re-]tabularize tabular data",
 	Long:  `Manipulate tabular output of other programs`,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if lib.ShowVersion {
-			fmt.Printf("This is tablizer version %s\n", lib.Version)
+			fmt.Printf("This is tablizer version %s\n", lib.VERSION)
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -74,4 +98,11 @@ func init() {
 
 	// same thing but more common, takes precedence over above group
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&lib.OutputMode, "output", "o", "", "Output mode - one of: orgtbl, markdown, extended, shell, ascii(default)")
+
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(helpCmd)
+
+	rootCmd.SetHelpCommand(&cobra.Command{
+		Use:    "no-help",
+		Hidden: true,
+	})
 }

go.mod

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module daemon.de/tablizer
+module github.com/tlinden/tablizer
 
 go 1.18
 

lib/common.go

@@ -17,19 +17,29 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 package lib
 
-// command line flags
-var Debug bool
-var XtendedOut bool
-var NoNumbering bool
-var ShowVersion bool
-var Columns string
-var UseColumns []int
-var Separator string
-var OutflagExtended bool
-var OutflagMarkdown bool
-var OutflagOrgtable bool
-var OutflagShell bool
-var OutputMode string
+var (
+	// command line flags
+	Debug           bool
+	XtendedOut      bool
+	NoNumbering     bool
+	ShowVersion     bool
+	Columns         string
+	UseColumns      []int
+	Separator       string
+	OutflagExtended bool
+	OutflagMarkdown bool
+	OutflagOrgtable bool
+	OutflagShell    bool
+	OutputMode      string
 
-var Version = "v1.0.3"
-var validOutputmodes = "(orgtbl|markdown|extended|ascii)"
+	// used for validation
+	validOutputmodes = "(orgtbl|markdown|extended|ascii)"
+
+	// main program version
+	Version = "v1.0.3"
+
+	// generated  version string, used  by -v contains  lib.Version on
+	//  main  branch,   and  lib.Version-$branch-$lastcommit-$date  on
+	// development branch
+	VERSION string
+)

main.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package main
 
 import (
-	"daemon.de/tablizer/cmd"
+	"github.com/tlinden/tablizer/cmd"
 )
 
 func main() {