feat: publish CLI binaries with releases and add --version

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -85,6 +85,22 @@ jobs:
             echo "::error::Invalid release tag format: $GITHUB_REF_NAME"
             exit 1
           fi
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+      - name: Build the CLI for macOS and Linux
+        run: |
+          version="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          for platform in darwin-arm64 darwin-amd64 linux-arm64 linux-amd64; do
+            os="${platform%-*}"
+            arch="${platform#*-}"
+            GOOS="$os" GOARCH="$arch" CGO_ENABLED=0 \
+              go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -X main.version=$version" -o appmeta ./cmd/appmeta
+            zip -9 "appmeta-$version-${os/darwin/macos}-$arch.zip" appmeta
+            rm appmeta
+          done
+          ls -l appmeta-*.zip
       - name: Extract release notes from CHANGELOG.md
         run: |
           awk -v version="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" '/^## \[/{f = ($0 ~ "^## \\[" version "\\]")} f' CHANGELOG.md > release-notes.md
@@ -96,3 +112,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: Version ${{ github.ref_name }}
           body_path: release-notes.md
+          files: appmeta-*.zip
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+## [1.0.1](https://github.com/mobile-next/appmeta/releases/tag/v1.0.1) (2026-09-29)
+* Feat: releases include the `appmeta` CLI for macOS and Linux, on arm64 and amd64
+* Feat: `appmeta --version` prints the release version
+
 ## [1.0.0](https://github.com/mobile-next/appmeta/releases/tag/v1.0.0) (2026-09-29)
 * Initial version

cmd/appmeta/main.go

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mobile-next/appmeta"
 )
 
+// version is the release version; the release workflow sets it with -ldflags.
+var version = "dev"
+
 type options struct {
 	iconPath string
 	noIcon   bool
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ func newRootCommand(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:           "appmeta [flags] <app.apk|app.ipa>",
 		Short:         "Print the metadata of an Android or iOS app as JSON",
+		Version:       version,
 		Args:          cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		SilenceErrors: true,
 		SilenceUsage:  true,
@@ -39,6 +43,8 @@ func newRootCommand(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.iconPath, "icon", "", "also write the icon PNG to this file")
+	// Declared here so that cobra does not add it with a short form.
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("version", false, "print the version")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.noIcon, "no-icon", false, "omit the base64 icon from the JSON")
 	return cmd
 }

cmd/appmeta/main_test.go

@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ func (closedPipe) Write([]byte) (int, error) {
 	return 0, errClosedPipe
 }
 
+func TestTheVersionFlagPrintsTheVersionWithoutAPath(t *testing.T) {
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd := newRootCommand(&out)
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"--version"})
+	cmd.SetOut(&out)
+	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got, want := out.String(), "appmeta version "+version+"\n"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func runCommand(t *testing.T, args ...string) error {
 	t.Helper()
 	var out bytes.Buffer
@@ -101,6 +114,7 @@ func writeZipWithOneFile(t *testing.T, path, name string) {
 func TestThereAreNoShortFlagsExceptHelp(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := newRootCommand(&bytes.Buffer{})
 	cmd.InitDefaultHelpFlag()
+	cmd.InitDefaultVersionFlag()
 	cmd.Flags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
 		if f.Shorthand != "" && f.Name != "help" {
 			t.Errorf("--%s has short form -%s", f.Name, f.Shorthand)