Automatically determine current version from git tags

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
+          fetch-tags: true
       - name: Install Qt
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
         with:
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
+          fetch-tags: true
       - name: Determine Arch
         run: |
           if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "macos-13" ]; then
@@ -139,20 +141,20 @@ jobs:
           export CFLAGS="-Wno-narrowing -O3"
           ./compile_libs.sh
           cp libcld2.dylib ../../../lib/MacOS
-      - name: Fix Qt lib rpaths # see: https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/2823#discussioncomment-2010340)
-        run: |
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtGui.framework/Versions/A/QtGui' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/A/QtGui
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtNetwork.framework/Versions/A/QtNetwork' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtNetwork.framework/Versions/A/QtNetwork
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/A/QtWidgets' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/A/QtWidgets
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtPdf.framework/Versions/A/QtPdf' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtPdf.framework/Versions/A/QtPdf
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtSvg.framework/Versions/A/QtSvg' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtSvg.framework/Versions/A/QtSvg
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtVirtualKeyboard.framework/Versions/A/QtVirtualKeyboard' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtVirtualKeyboard.framework/Versions/A/QtVirtualKeyboard
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtQuick.framework/Versions/A/QtQuick' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtQuick.framework/Versions/A/QtQuick
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtQmlModels.framework/Versions/A/QtQmlModels' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtQmlModels.framework/Versions/A/QtQmlModels
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtQml.framework/Versions/A/QtQml' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtQml.framework/Versions/A/QtQml
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtOpenGL.framework/Versions/A/QtOpenGL' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtOpenGL.framework/Versions/A/QtOpenGL
-          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtMultimedia.framework/Versions/A/QtMultimedia' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtMultimedia.framework/Versions/A/QtMultimedia
+      - name: Fix Qt lib rpaths # see: https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/2823#discussioncomment-2010340)
+        run: |
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtCore.framework/Versions/A/QtCore
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtGui.framework/Versions/A/QtGui' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/A/QtGui
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtNetwork.framework/Versions/A/QtNetwork' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtNetwork.framework/Versions/A/QtNetwork
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/A/QtWidgets' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/A/QtWidgets
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtPdf.framework/Versions/A/QtPdf' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtPdf.framework/Versions/A/QtPdf
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtSvg.framework/Versions/A/QtSvg' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtSvg.framework/Versions/A/QtSvg
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtVirtualKeyboard.framework/Versions/A/QtVirtualKeyboard' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtVirtualKeyboard.framework/Versions/A/QtVirtualKeyboard
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtQuick.framework/Versions/A/QtQuick' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtQuick.framework/Versions/A/QtQuick
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtQmlModels.framework/Versions/A/QtQmlModels' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtQmlModels.framework/Versions/A/QtQmlModels
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtQml.framework/Versions/A/QtQml' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtQml.framework/Versions/A/QtQml
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtOpenGL.framework/Versions/A/QtOpenGL' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtOpenGL.framework/Versions/A/QtOpenGL
+          install_name_tool -id '@rpath/QtMultimedia.framework/Versions/A/QtMultimedia' $(brew --prefix)/lib/QtMultimedia.framework/Versions/A/QtMultimedia
       - name: Build plugins
         run: |
           cd src/plugins/audiotag/
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
+          fetch-tags: true
       - name: Install Qt
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
         with:

.gitignore

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 *.stash
 *.user
 bin
-src/version.h
 src/tmp
 src/*.autosave
 src/ui

src/QUAboutDialog.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "QUAboutDialog.h"
 #include "main.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QScrollBar>
 #include <QFile>
@@ -107,10 +106,10 @@ QUAboutDialog::QUAboutDialog(QWidget *parent): QDialog(parent) {
 
 	credits->setHtml(creditsText);
 
-	QDateTime dateTime = QDateTime::fromString(QString(date_time), "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm");
+	QDateTime dateTime = QDateTime::fromString(QString(xstr(DATE_TIME)), "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm");
 
 	versionLbl->setText(QString(tr("Version: <b>%1</b><br>Date: %2"))
-			.arg(QString(revision), dateTime.toString("yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm")));
+		.arg(QString(xstr(REVISION)), dateTime.toString("yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm")));
 
 	resetText();
 	credits->document()->setDefaultStyleSheet("a {color: white}");

src/QUMainWindow.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <QNetworkRequest>
 #include <QNetworkReply>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
 
 #include "QUSongItem.h"
 #include "QUDetailItem.h"
@@ -993,9 +994,10 @@ void QUMainWindow::aboutMediaInfo() {
 }
 
 void QUMainWindow::checkForUpdate(bool silent) {
-	int currentVersion = MAJOR_VERSION*100 + MINOR_VERSION*10 + PATCH_VERSION;
+	QString currentVersion = QString(xstr(VERSION));
+	int currentVersionNum = QString(currentVersion).remove('.').toInt();
 
-	QUrl url("https://github.com/UltraStar-Deluxe/UltraStar-Manager/blob/master/src/latest_version.xml");
+	QUrl url("https://api.github.com/repos/UltraStar-Deluxe/UltraStar-Manager/releases/latest");
 	QNetworkAccessManager *m_NetworkMngr = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
 	QNetworkReply *reply = m_NetworkMngr->get(QNetworkRequest(url));
 
@@ -1027,20 +1029,18 @@ void QUMainWindow::checkForUpdate(bool silent) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	tmp.write(reply->readAll());
-	tmp.seek(0);
-	QString line =  QString(tmp.readLine());
+	QJsonDocument json = QJsonDocument::fromJson(reply->readAll());
+	QString line = json["tag_name"].toString();
 	QString latestVersionString = line;
-	int latestVersion = line.remove('.').toInt();
+	int latestVersion = line.remove('.').remove('v').toInt();
 	delete reply;
-	tmp.remove();
 
-	if (currentVersion < latestVersion) {
+	if (currentVersionNum < latestVersion) {
 		QUMessageBox::information(this,
 				tr("Update check successful."),
-				QString(tr("UltraStar Manager %1.%2.%3 is <b>outdated</b>.<br><br>"
-						"Download the most recent UltraStar-Manager %4 <a href='https://github.com/UltraStar-Deluxe/UltraStar-Manager/releases'>here</a>."))
-						.arg(MAJOR_VERSION).arg(MINOR_VERSION).arg(PATCH_VERSION)
+				QString(tr("UltraStar Manager %1 is <b>outdated</b>.<br><br>"
+						"Download the most recent UltraStar-Manager %2 <a href='https://github.com/UltraStar-Deluxe/UltraStar-Manager/releases'>here</a>."))
+						.arg(currentVersion)
 						.arg(latestVersionString),
 				BTN << ":/marks/accept.png" << "OK",
 				240);
@@ -1051,8 +1051,8 @@ void QUMainWindow::checkForUpdate(bool silent) {
 			QSettings settings;
 			int result = QUMessageBox::information(this,
 					tr("Update check successful."),
-					QString(tr("UltraStar Manager %1.%2.%3 is <b>up to date</b>!"))
-							.arg(MAJOR_VERSION).arg(MINOR_VERSION).arg(PATCH_VERSION),
+					QString(tr("UltraStar Manager %1 is <b>up to date</b>!"))
+						.arg(currentVersion),
 					BTN << ":/marks/accept.png" << tr("OK. I will check again later.")
 						<< ":/marks/accept.png" << tr("OK. Check automatically on startup."),
 					240);

src/UltraStar-Manager.pro

@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ INCLUDEPATH += . \
 	remoteimages \
 	webinfo
 
+DEFINES += REVISION=$$system(git describe --always --tags --match "[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]") \
+	VERSION=$$system(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match "[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]")
+
 win32 {
 	INCLUDEPATH += ../include/cld2/public \
 		../include/taglib \
@@ -256,6 +259,8 @@ win32 {
 		-lzlib
 
 	RC_ICONS += UltraStar-Manager.ico
+
+	DEFINES += DATE_TIME=\"$$quote($$system(date /T) $$system(time /T))\"
 }
 
 macx {
@@ -291,26 +296,10 @@ unix:!macx {
 	QMAKE_LFLAGS += '-Wl,-rpath,\'\$$ORIGIN\''
 }
 
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += revtarget
-PRE_TARGETDEPS += version.h
-revtarget.target = version.h
-
-win32 {
-	revtarget.commands = "$$system(echo 'const char *revision = \"$$system(git describe --always)\";' > $$revtarget.target)"
-	revtarget.commands += "$$system(echo 'const char *date_time = \"$$system(date /T) $$system(time /T)\";' >> $$revtarget.target)"
-}
-
 unix {
-revtarget.commands = @echo \
-	"const char *revision = \\\"`git describe --always`\\\"\\; \
-	const char *date_time = \\\"`date +'%d.%m.%Y %H:%M'`\\\"\\;" \
-	> $${PWD}/$$revtarget.target
+	DEFINES += DATE_TIME=\"$$quote($$system(date '+%d.%m.%Y\ %H:%M'))\"
 }
 
-revtarget.depends = $$SOURCES \
-	$$HEADERS \
-	$$FORMS
-
 unix:!macx {
 	QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$sprintf($${QMAKE_MKDIR_CMD}, $$shell_path($${DESTDIR}/lib/)) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
 }

src/main.cpp

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	painter.drawText(
 		0, 0, 418, 130,
 		Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignBottom,
-		QString("%1.%2").arg(MAJOR_VERSION).arg(MINOR_VERSION)
-	);
+		QString(xstr(VERSION)));
 
 	painter.end();
 	QSplashScreen splash(canvas);
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ void initLanguage(QApplication &app, QTranslator &trContent, QTranslator &trQt,
 
 	monty->initMessages();
 
-	s.showMessage(QString(QObject::tr("%1.%2.%3 is loading...")).arg(MAJOR_VERSION).arg(MINOR_VERSION).arg(PATCH_VERSION), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignRight, Qt::white);
+	s.showMessage(QString(QObject::tr("%1 is loading...")).arg(xstr(VERSION)), Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignRight, Qt::white);
 
 	// message needs to be here because it can be translated only after installing the translator
 	if(!settingFound)

src/main.h

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef MAIN_H_
 #define MAIN_H_
 
-#define MAJOR_VERSION 0x0001
-#define MINOR_VERSION 0x0009
-#define PATCH_VERSION 0x0000
-
 #define WIP_TEXT "" //" *work in progress* -> Please do not distribute."
 //#define WIP_VERSION
 //#define RC_VERSION
 
+// Stringifiers needed to parse the VERSION preprocessor define as string
+#define xstr(a) astr(a)
+#define astr(a) #a
+
 #endif /*MAIN_H_*/