From 52b221cf733e70dbcfc467c1a3d2af737b2bb9c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aditya Gupta <mail@adityagupta.dev>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 11:17:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: switch to git based versioning

- Makefile computes version automatically
- added version flag for splash cli
---
 Makefile      | 3 +++
 src/gsplash.c | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a68b66f..87b83d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # Makefile for gsplash (community-standard layout)
 
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 bindir ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 
 CC ?= gcc
 CFLAGS ?= -O2 -Wall -Wextra
+CFLAGS += -DGSPLASH_VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
 PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
 
 SDL_CFLAGS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags sdl2 SDL2_image)
diff --git a/src/gsplash.c b/src/gsplash.c
index 20afab0..45722f0 100644
--- a/src/gsplash.c
+++ b/src/gsplash.c
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   RenderMode render_mode = RENDER_CENTER;
   int arg_index = 1;
 
+#ifndef GSPLASH_VERSION
+#define GSPLASH_VERSION "unknown"
+#endif
+
   while (arg_index < argc && argv[arg_index][0] == '-') {
     if (strcmp(argv[arg_index], "--") == 0) {
       arg_index++;
@@ -110,11 +114,16 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
       }
       render_mode = parse_render_mode(argv[arg_index + 1]);
       arg_index += 2;
+    } else if (strcmp(argv[arg_index], "--version") == 0 ||
+               strcmp(argv[arg_index], "-v") == 0) {
+      printf("gsplash version %s\n", GSPLASH_VERSION);
+      return 0;
     } else if (strcmp(argv[arg_index], "-h") == 0 ||
                strcmp(argv[arg_index], "--help") == 0) {
       printf("Usage: %s [options] <image_path> <game_executable> [args...]\n",
              argv[0]);
       printf("Options:\n");
+      printf("  -v, --version     Show version information\n");
       printf(
           "  -m, --mode=MODE   Set render mode: stretch, center (default), "
           "crop\n");