use version supplied by goreleaser

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ builds:
     flags:
       - -trimpath
     ldflags:
-      # omit symbol table and debug information
-      - -s -w
+      # -w turns off DWARF debugging information
+      # -s turns off generation of the Go symbol table
       - -X main.commit={{.Commit}}
       - -X main.date={{.CommitDate}}
       - -X main.builtBy=goreleaser

main.go

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func doMain(args []string) {
 
 	}
 
-	version0, gitHash := GetVersion1()
+	version0, gitHash := GetVersion0()
 	ctx := pkg.NewContext(version0, gitHash)
 	ctx.Service = service0
 	ctx.ConfigPath = configPath
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pin programs to CPU (affinity)
 }
 
 func printVersion() {
-	version0, gitHash := GetVersion1()
+	version0, gitHash := GetVersion0()
 	fmt.Printf("pind version %s %s\n", version0, gitHash)
 	os.Exit(0)
 }

version.go

@@ -2,41 +2,33 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"runtime/debug"
 )
 
-//go:embed version.json
-var VersionBytes []byte
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = commitNone
+	date    = "unknown"
+	builtBy = "manual"
+)
 
-type Version struct {
-	Version string `json:"version"`
-}
+const commitNone = "none"
 
-func GetVersion1() (string, string) {
-	version, _ := GetVersion()
+func GetVersion0() (string, string) {
+	version0 := GetVersion()
 	gitHash := GetGitHash()
-	return version, gitHash
+	return version0, gitHash
 }
 
-func GetVersion0() (*Version, error) {
-	version := &Version{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(VersionBytes, version)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return version, nil
+func GetVersion() string {
+	return version
 }
 
-func GetVersion() (string, error) {
-	version, err := GetVersion0()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+func GetGitHash() string {
+	if commit != commitNone {
+		return commit
 	}
-	return version.Version, nil
-}
 
-func GetGitHash() string {
 	if info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok {
 		for _, setting := range info.Settings {
 			if setting.Key == "vcs.revision" {