version

Documentation

Overview

Package version implements reading of build version information.

Index

• func ClientName(clientIdentifier string) string
• func Info() (version, vcs string)
• type VCSInfo
  • func VCS() (VCSInfo, bool)

Functions

func ClientName

func ClientName(clientIdentifier string) string

ClientName creates a software name/version identifier according to common conventions in the Ethereum p2p network.

func Info

func Info() (version, vcs string)

Info returns build and platform information about the current binary. If the package that is currently executing is a prefixed by our go-ethereum module path, it will print out commit and date VCS information. Otherwise, it will assume it's imported by a third-party and will return the imported version and whether it was replaced by another module.

Types

type VCSInfo

type VCSInfo struct {
	Commit string // head commit hash
	Date   string // commit time in YYYYMMDD format
	Dirty  bool
}

VCSInfo represents the git repository state.

func VCS

func VCS() (VCSInfo, bool)

VCS returns version control information of the current executable.