Feat: Makefile + add proper git tag versioning

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+all: deps check build
+format:
+	find . -iname "*.go" -exec gofmt -s -l -w {} \;
+check:
+	go vet ./...
+run:
+	go run cmd/HellPot/*.go
+deps:
+	go mod tidy -v
+build:
+	go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=`git tag --sort=-version:refname | head -n 1`" cmd/HellPot/*.go

README.md

@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ HellPot will send an infinite stream of data that is *just close enough* to bein
 
 Under the hood of this eternal suffering is a markov engine that chucks bits and pieces of [The Birth of Tragedy (Hellenism and Pessimism)](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51356/51356-h/51356-h.htm) by Friedrich Nietzsche at the client using [fasthttp](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp).
 
-## Compilation
+## Building From Source
 
 HellPot should probably be built with Go version 1.17 or higher.
 
-HellPot uses [go modules](https://go.dev/blog/using-go-modules). This should make it dead simple to build with a stock Go installation.
+HellPot uses [go modules](https://go.dev/blog/using-go-modules). This should make it dead simple to build with a stock Go installation. To make it even simpler, we've added a GNU Makefile.
 
 1 ) `git clone https://github.com/yunginnanet/HellPot`
 
 2 ) `cd HellPot`
 
-4 ) `go build cmd/HellPot/HellPot.go`
+4 ) `make`
 
 5 ) *Consider the potential grave consequences of your actions.*
 

cmd/HellPot/HellPot.go

@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yunginnanet/HellPot/internal/http"
 )
 
-var log zerolog.Logger
+var (
+	log     zerolog.Logger
+	version string // set by linker
+)
 
 func init() {
+	if version != "" {
+		println(version)
+		config.Version = version[1:]
+	}
 	config.Init()
 	if config.BannerOnly {
 		extra.Banner()

internal/config/globals.go

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const Title = "HellPot"
 var Version = "dev"
 
 func init() {
+	if Version != "dev" {
+		return
+	}
 	binInfo := make(map[string]string)
 	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
 	if !ok {