IDE2 nighty build should show the exact CLI version instead of CLI Version: 0.0.0-git []

[kittaakos]

Describe the request

The IDE2 nightly might use a not yet released CLI version. In such a case, the CLI version is CLI Version: 0.0.0-git [] which is not informative when accessed from the About dialog. IDE2 should parse the package.json, get the version object, and show the pinned CLI version instead of 0.0.0-git.

Describe the current behavior

See description.

Arduino IDE version

Version: 2.0.0-rc9.1-nightly-20220809 Date: 2022-08-09T03:33:26.061Z CLI Version: 0.0.0-git []

Operating system

macOS

Operating system version

13.2.1

Additional context

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[per1234]

The better resolution would be to use the correct method of building Arduino CLI:

https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/dev/CONTRIBUTING/#building-the-source-code

Arduino IDE is currently using an unsupported approach to building Arduino CLI:

arduino-ide/arduino-ide-extension/scripts/utils.js

Line 65 in 8a1cabd

if (shell.exec('go build', { cwd: tempRepoPath }).code !== 0) {

The missing version information is fairly innocuous, but it is possible this approach might cause other problems since we assume task build will always be used.

[kittaakos]

The better resolution would be to use the correct method of building Arduino CLI:

If IDE2 uses task build instead of go build will the arduino-cli version show that the CLI was created from a fork when it was made from a fork?

[per1234]

It will only show the short hash:

$ arduino-cli version --format json
{
  "Application": "arduino-cli.exe",
  "VersionString": "git-snapshot",
  "Commit": "869c9711",
  "Status": "",
  "Date": "2022-08-10T09:40:36Z"
}

I think it is sufficient to identify the version in use.