internal: improve version query and define HYPRLAND_VERSION (#8034)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Configuring Hyprland in Release with CMake")
 endif()
 
+add_compile_definitions(HYPRLAND_VERSION="${HYPRLAND_VERSION}")
+
 include_directories(. "src/" "protocols/")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 26)

hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp

@@ -440,8 +440,7 @@ bool CPluginManager::updateHeaders(bool force) {
 
     // let us give a bit of leg-room for shallowing
     // due to timezones, etc.
-    const std::string SHALLOW_DATE =
+    const std::string SHALLOW_DATE = trim(HLVER.date).empty() ? "" : execAndGet("LC_TIME=\"en_US.UTF-8\" date --date='" + HLVER.date + " - 1 weeks' '+%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y'");
-        trim(HLVER.date).empty() ? "" : execAndGet("LC_TIME=\"en_US.UTF-8\" date --date='" + HLVER.date + " - 1 weeks' '+\%a \%b \%d \%H:\%M:\%S \%Y'");
 
     if (m_bVerbose && bShallow)
         progress.printMessageAbove(std::string{Colors::BLUE} + "[v] " + Colors::RESET + "will shallow since: " + SHALLOW_DATE);

meson.build

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ add_project_arguments(
     '-Wno-missing-field-initializers',
     '-Wno-narrowing',
     '-Wno-pointer-arith', datarootdir,
+    '-DHYPRLAND_VERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"',
   ],
   language: 'cpp',
 )

src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp

@@ -853,26 +853,33 @@ std::string versionRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request) {
     std::replace(commitMsg.begin(), commitMsg.end(), '#', ' ');
 
     if (format == eHyprCtlOutputFormat::FORMAT_NORMAL) {
-        std::string result = "Hyprland, built from branch " + std::string(GIT_BRANCH) + " at commit " + GIT_COMMIT_HASH + " " + GIT_DIRTY + " (" + commitMsg +
+        std::string result = std::format("Hyprland {} built from branch {} at commit {} {} ({}).\n"
-            ").\nDate: " + GIT_COMMIT_DATE + "\nTag: " + GIT_TAG + ", commits: " + GIT_COMMITS + std::string{"\nbuilt against aquamarine "} + AQUAMARINE_VERSION + "\n" +
+                                         "Date: {}\n"
-            "\n\nflags: (if any)\n";
+                                         "Tag: {}, commits: {}\n"
+                                         "built against aquamarine {}\n\n\n",
+                                         HYPRLAND_VERSION, GIT_BRANCH, GIT_COMMIT_HASH, GIT_DIRTY, commitMsg, GIT_COMMIT_DATE, GIT_TAG, GIT_COMMITS, AQUAMARINE_VERSION);
 
+#if (!defined(LEGACY_RENDERER) && !defined(ISDEBUG) && !defined(NO_XWAYLAND))
+        result += "no flags were set\n";
+#else
+        result += "flags set:\n";
 #ifdef LEGACY_RENDERER
         result += "legacyrenderer\n";
 #endif
-#ifndef ISDEBUG
+#ifdef ISDEBUG
         result += "debug\n";
 #endif
 #ifdef NO_XWAYLAND
         result += "no xwayland\n";
 #endif
-
+#endif
         return result;
     } else {
         std::string result = std::format(
             R"#({{
     "branch": "{}",
     "commit": "{}",
+    "version": "{}",
     "dirty": {},
     "commit_message": "{}",
     "commit_date": "{}",
@@ -880,13 +887,13 @@ std::string versionRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request) {
     "commits": "{}",
     "buildAquamarine": "{}",
     "flags": [)#",
-            GIT_BRANCH, GIT_COMMIT_HASH, (strcmp(GIT_DIRTY, "dirty") == 0 ? "true" : "false"), escapeJSONStrings(commitMsg), GIT_COMMIT_DATE, GIT_TAG, GIT_COMMITS,
+            GIT_BRANCH, GIT_COMMIT_HASH, HYPRLAND_VERSION, (strcmp(GIT_DIRTY, "dirty") == 0 ? "true" : "false"), escapeJSONStrings(commitMsg), GIT_COMMIT_DATE, GIT_TAG,
-            AQUAMARINE_VERSION);
+            GIT_COMMITS, AQUAMARINE_VERSION);
 
 #ifdef LEGACY_RENDERER
         result += "\"legacyrenderer\",";
 #endif
-#ifndef ISDEBUG
+#ifdef ISDEBUG
         result += "\"debug\",";
 #endif
 #ifdef NO_XWAYLAND

src/debug/HyprCtl.hpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 // exposed for main.cpp
 std::string systemInfoRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request);
+std::string versionRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request);
 
 class CHyprCtl {
   public:

src/main.cpp

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ void help() {
     std::cout << "  --config FILE       -c FILE  - Specify config file to use\n";
     std::cout << "  --socket NAME                - Sets the Wayland socket name (for Wayland socket handover)\n";
     std::cout << "  --wayland-fd FD              - Sets the Wayland socket fd (for Wayland socket handover)\n";
+    std::cout << "  --systeminfo                 - Prints system infos\n";
     std::cout << "  --i-am-really-stupid         - Omits root user privileges check (why would you do that?)\n";
     std::cout << "  --version           -v       - Print this binary's version\n";
 }
@@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         throwError("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set!");
 
     // export HYPRLAND_CMD
-    std::string cmd = "";
+    std::string cmd = argv[0];
-    for (auto i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
-        cmd += std::string(i == 0 ? "" : " ") + argv[i];
+        cmd += std::string(" ") + argv[i];
 
     setenv("HYPRLAND_CMD", cmd.c_str(), 1);
     setenv("XDG_BACKEND", "wayland", 1);
@@ -116,32 +117,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
             return 0;
         } else if (it->compare("-v") == 0 || it->compare("--version") == 0) {
-            auto result = "Hyprland, built from branch " + std::string(GIT_BRANCH) + " at commit " + GIT_COMMIT_HASH;
+            std::cout << versionRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat::FORMAT_NORMAL, "") << std::endl;
-            auto dirty  = std::string(GIT_DIRTY);
-            if (!dirty.empty())
-                result += " " + dirty;
-
-            auto commitMsg = trim(GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE);
-            std::replace(commitMsg.begin(), commitMsg.end(), '#', ' ');
-            result += " (" + commitMsg + ").";
-
-            result += "\nDate: " + std::string(GIT_COMMIT_DATE);
-            result += "\nTag: " + std::string(GIT_TAG) + ", commits: " + std::string(GIT_COMMITS);
-            result += "\nbuilt against aquamarine " + std::string(AQUAMARINE_VERSION);
-
-            result += "\n\nflags: (if any)\n";
-
-#ifdef LEGACY_RENDERER
-            result += "legacyrenderer\n";
-#endif
-#ifndef ISDEBUG
-            result += "debug\n";
-#endif
-#ifdef NO_XWAYLAND
-            result += "no xwayland\n";
-#endif
-
-            std::cout << result;
             return 0;
         } else if (it->compare("--systeminfo") == 0) {
             const auto SYSINFO = systemInfoRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat::FORMAT_NORMAL, "");