Matmair/issue10740 (#497)

* reduce noise in docker

* refactor path infos

* add more info during local frontend build

* add frontend info during release build

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ jobs:
         run: cd src/backend/InvenTree/web/static/web/.vite && echo "${REF_NAME}" > tag.txt
         env:
           REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      - name: Write version file - SOURCE
+        run: cd src/backend/InvenTree/web/static/web/.vite && echo "GitHub Actions build on $(date --utc +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" > source.txt
       - name: Zip frontend
         run: |
           cd src/backend/InvenTree/web/static/web

src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import sys
 from datetime import datetime as dt
 from datetime import timedelta as td
 
+from django.conf import settings
+
 from .api_version import INVENTREE_API_TEXT, INVENTREE_API_VERSION
 
 # InvenTree software version
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ MIN_PYTHON_VERSION = (3, 11)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('inventree')
 
+warning_txt = 'INVE-W3: Could not detect git information.'
 
 # Discover git
 try:
@@ -33,8 +36,11 @@ try:
         main_repo = Repo(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent)
         main_commit = main_repo[main_repo.head()]
     except NotGitRepository:
-        # If we are running in a docker container, the repo may not be available
+        # If we are running in a docker container, the repo may not be available, only logging as warning if not in docker
-        logger.warning('INVE-W3: Could not detect git information.')
+        if settings.DOCKER:
+            logger.info(warning_txt)
+        else:
+            logger.warning(warning_txt)
         main_repo = None
         main_commit = None
 
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ except ImportError:
     main_commit = None
     main_branch = None
 except Exception as exc:
-    logger.warning('INVE-W3: Could not detect git information.', exc_info=exc)
+    logger.warning(warning_txt, exc_info=exc)
     main_repo = None
     main_commit = None
     main_branch = None

tasks.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Tasks for automating certain actions and interacting with InvenTree from the CLI."""
 
+import datetime
 import json
 import os
 import pathlib
@@ -357,6 +358,26 @@ def manage_py_path():
     return manage_py_dir().joinpath('manage.py')
 
 
+def _frontend_info():
+    """Return the path of the frontend info directory."""
+    return manage_py_dir().joinpath('web', 'static', 'web', '.vite')
+
+
+def version_target_pth():
+    """Return the path of the target version file."""
+    return _frontend_info().joinpath('tag.txt')
+
+
+def version_sha_pth():
+    """Return the path of the SHA version file."""
+    return _frontend_info().joinpath('sha.txt')
+
+
+def version_source_pth():
+    """Return the path of the source version file."""
+    return _frontend_info().joinpath('source.txt')
+
+
 # endregion
 
 if __name__ in ['__main__', 'tasks']:
@@ -1664,6 +1685,31 @@ def frontend_build(c):
     info('Building frontend')
     yarn(c, 'yarn run build')
 
+    def write_info(path: Path, content: str):
+        """Helper function to write version content to file after cleaning it if it exists."""
+        if path.exists():
+            path.unlink()
+        path.write_text(content, encoding='utf-8')
+
+    # Write version marker
+    try:
+        import src.backend.InvenTree.InvenTree.version as InvenTreeVersion
+
+        if version_hash := InvenTreeVersion.inventreeCommitHash():
+            write_info(version_sha_pth(), version_hash)
+        elif version_tag := InvenTreeVersion.inventreeVersion():
+            write_info(version_target_pth(), version_tag)
+        else:
+            warning('No version information available to write frontend version marker')
+
+        # Write source marker
+        write_info(
+            version_source_pth(),
+            f'local build on {datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()}',
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        warning('Failed to write frontend version marker')
+
 
 @task
 def frontend_server(c):
@@ -1788,13 +1834,9 @@ def frontend_download(
         ref = 'tag' if tag else 'commit'
 
         if tag:
-            current = manage_py_dir().joinpath(
+            current = version_target_pth()
-                'web', 'static', 'web', '.vite', 'tag.txt'
-            )
         elif sha:
-            current = manage_py_dir().joinpath(
+            current = version_sha_pth()
-                'web', 'static', 'web', '.vite', 'sha.txt'
-            )
         else:
             raise ValueError('Either tag or sha needs to be set')