# The version method and constant are isolated in puppet/version.rb so that a # simple `require 'puppet/version'` allows a rubygems gemspec or bundler # Gemfile to get the Puppet version of the gem install. # # The version is programatically settable because we want to allow the # Raketasks and such to set the version based on the output of `git describe` module Puppet PUPPETVERSION = '3.3.0-rc2' ## # version is a public API method intended to always provide a fast and # lightweight way to determine the version of Puppet. # # The intent is that software external to Puppet be able to determine the # Puppet version with no side-effects. The expected use is: # # require 'puppet/version' # version = Puppet.version # # This function has the following ordering precedence. This precedence list # is designed to facilitate automated packaging tasks by simply writing to # the VERSION file in the same directory as this source file. # # 1. If a version has been explicitly assigned using the Puppet.version= # method, return that version. # 2. If there is a VERSION file, read the contents, trim any # trailing whitespace, and return that version string. # 3. Return the value of the Puppet::PUPPETVERSION constant hard-coded into # the source code. # # If there is no VERSION file, the method must return the version string of # the nearest parent version that is an officially released version. That is # to say, if a branch named 3.1.x contains 25 patches on top of the most # recent official release of 3.1.1, then the version method must return the # string "3.1.1" if no "VERSION" file is present. # # By design the version identifier is _not_ intended to vary during the life # a process. There is no guarantee provided that writing to the VERSION file # while a Puppet process is running will cause the version string to be # updated. On the contrary, the contents of the VERSION are cached to reduce # filesystem accesses. # # The VERSION file is intended to be used by package maintainers who may be # applying patches or otherwise changing the software version in a manner # that warrants a different software version identifier. The VERSION file is # intended to be managed and owned by the release process and packaging # related tasks, and as such should not reside in version control. The # PUPPETVERSION constant is intended to be version controlled in history. # # Ideally, this behavior will allow package maintainers to precisely specify # the version of the software they're packaging as in the following example: # # $ git describe --match "3.0.*" > lib/puppet/VERSION # $ ruby -r puppet -e 'puts Puppet.version' # 3.0.1-260-g9ca4e54 # # @api public # # @return [String] containing the puppet version, e.g. "3.0.1" def self.version version_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'VERSION') return @puppet_version if @puppet_version if version = read_version_file(version_file) @puppet_version = version end @puppet_version ||= PUPPETVERSION end def self.version=(version) @puppet_version = version end ## # read_version_file reads the content of the "VERSION" file that lives in the # same directory as this source code file. # # @api private # # @return [String] for example: "1.6.14-6-gea42046" or nil if the VERSION # file does not exist. def self.read_version_file(path) if File.exists?(path) File.read(path).chomp end end private_class_method :read_version_file end