From 9811830023e648c8b56008c28bf5459cf1135d38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John L. Peterson (Jack)" <john.peterson@datadoghq.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:23:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Re-add version code to cmd/builder (#11208)

Revert "[chore] delete code to set a version and date, as it it not used
(#10715)"
Remove date string but re-add functions that check for version number
This (mostly) reverts commit b53f57d.

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#### Description
This re-enables the functionality to set a version number for ocb binary
(cmd/builder). It was erroneously removed. It also adds unit tests for
this functionality, as a warning is given on CI with no code coverage.

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#### Link to tracking issue
Relates to
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/issues/664.
Closes #11220 along with
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/pull/665

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#### Testing
ran build and release cycles inside personal fork repositories
(jackgopack4/opentelemetry-collector and
jackgopack4/opentelemetry-collector-releases)
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#### Documentation
.chloggen file
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---
 ...jackgopack4-re-add-ocb-version-number.yaml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 cmd/builder/internal/version.go               |  6 +++--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .chloggen/jackgopack4-re-add-ocb-version-number.yaml

diff --git a/.chloggen/jackgopack4-re-add-ocb-version-number.yaml b/.chloggen/jackgopack4-re-add-ocb-version-number.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a8bd5595d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/jackgopack4-re-add-ocb-version-number.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: cmd/builder
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: re-adds function to properly set and view version number of OpenTelemetry Collector Builder (ocb) binaries
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [11208]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/version.go b/cmd/builder/internal/version.go
index 2e1f39e9f44..9aa5e1511b7 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/version.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/version.go
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ var (
 
 func init() {
 	// the second returned value is a boolean, which is true if the binaries are built with module support.
-	info, _ := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
-	version = info.Main.Version
+	if version == "" {
+		info, _ := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+		version = info.Main.Version
+	}
 }
 
 func versionCommand() *cobra.Command {