Remove version from "packer" package

checkpoint.go

@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-checkpoint"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/command"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	packer.VersionChecker = packerVersionCheck
 	checkpointResult = make(chan *checkpoint.CheckResponse, 1)
 }
 
@@ -33,9 +32,9 @@ func runCheckpoint(c *config) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	version := packer.Version
-	if packer.VersionPrerelease != "" {
-		version += fmt.Sprintf(".%s", packer.VersionPrerelease)
+	version := Version
+	if VersionPrerelease != "" {
+		version += fmt.Sprintf(".%s", VersionPrerelease)
 	}
 
 	signaturePath := filepath.Join(configDir, "checkpoint_signature")
@@ -58,21 +57,23 @@ func runCheckpoint(c *config) {
 	checkpointResult <- resp
 }
 
-// packerVersionCheck implements packer.VersionCheckFunc and is used
+// commandVersionCheck implements command.VersionCheckFunc and is used
 // as the version checker.
-func packerVersionCheck(current string) (packer.VersionCheckInfo, error) {
+func commandVersionCheck() (command.VersionCheckInfo, error) {
+	// Wait for the result to come through
 	info := <-checkpointResult
 	if info == nil {
-		var zero packer.VersionCheckInfo
+		var zero command.VersionCheckInfo
 		return zero, nil
 	}
 
+	// Build the alerts that we may have received about our version
 	alerts := make([]string, len(info.Alerts))
 	for i, a := range info.Alerts {
 		alerts[i] = a.Message
 	}
 
-	return packer.VersionCheckInfo{
+	return command.VersionCheckInfo{
 		Outdated: info.Outdated,
 		Latest:   info.CurrentVersion,
 		Alerts:   alerts,

command/version.go

+package command
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// VersionCommand is a Command implementation prints the version.
+type VersionCommand struct {
+	Meta
+
+	Revision          string
+	Version           string
+	VersionPrerelease string
+	CheckFunc         VersionCheckFunc
+}
+
+// VersionCheckFunc is the callback called by the Version command to
+// check if there is a new version of Packer.
+type VersionCheckFunc func() (VersionCheckInfo, error)
+
+// VersionCheckInfo is the return value for the VersionCheckFunc callback
+// and tells the Version command information about the latest version
+// of Packer.
+type VersionCheckInfo struct {
+	Outdated bool
+	Latest   string
+	Alerts   []string
+}
+
+func (c *VersionCommand) Help() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (c *VersionCommand) Run(args []string) int {
+	/*
+	env.Ui().Machine("version", Version)
+	env.Ui().Machine("version-prelease", VersionPrerelease)
+	env.Ui().Machine("version-commit", GitCommit)
+	*/
+
+	var versionString bytes.Buffer
+	fmt.Fprintf(&versionString, "Packer v%s", c.Version)
+	if c.VersionPrerelease != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&versionString, ".%s", c.VersionPrerelease)
+
+		if c.Revision != "" {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&versionString, " (%s)", c.Revision)
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.Ui.Output(versionString.String())
+
+	// If we have a version check function, then let's check for
+	// the latest version as well.
+	if c.CheckFunc != nil {
+		// Separate the prior output with a newline
+		c.Ui.Output("")
+
+		// Check the latest version
+		info, err := c.CheckFunc()
+		if err != nil {
+			c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Error checking latest version: %s", err))
+		}
+		if info.Outdated {
+			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Your version of Packer is out of date! The latest version\n"+
+					"is %s. You can update by downloading from www.packer.io",
+				info.Latest))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (c *VersionCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return "Prints the Packer version"
+}

commands.go

@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ func init() {
 				Meta: meta,
 			}, nil
 		},
+
+		"version": func() (cli.Command, error) {
+			return &command.VersionCommand{
+				Meta:              meta,
+				Revision:          GitCommit,
+				Version:           Version,
+				VersionPrerelease: VersionPrerelease,
+				CheckFunc:         commandVersionCheck,
+			}, nil
+		},
 	}
 }
 

common/step_download.go

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package common
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"log"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 )
 
 // StepDownload downloads a remote file using the download client within
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func (s *StepDownload) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 			CopyFile:   false,
 			Hash:       HashForType(s.ChecksumType),
 			Checksum:   checksum,
-			UserAgent:  packer.VersionString(),
+			UserAgent:  "Packer",
 		}
 
 		path, err, retry := s.download(config, state)

main.go

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ func wrappedMain() int {
 	log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
 
 	log.Printf(
-		"Packer Version: %s %s %s",
-		packer.Version, packer.VersionPrerelease, packer.GitCommit)
+		"[INFO] Packer version: %s %s %s",
+		Version, VersionPrerelease, GitCommit)
 	log.Printf("Packer Target OS/Arch: %s %s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	log.Printf("Built with Go Version: %s", runtime.Version())
 

packer/plugin/server.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package plugin
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	packrpc "github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer/rpc"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@ const APIVersion = "4"
 // Server waits for a connection to this plugin and returns a Packer
 // RPC server that you can use to register components and serve them.
 func Server() (*packrpc.Server, error) {
-	log.Printf("Plugin build against Packer '%s'", packer.GitCommit)
-
 	if os.Getenv(MagicCookieKey) != MagicCookieValue {
 		return nil, errors.New(
 			"Please do not execute plugins directly. Packer will execute these for you.")

packer/template.go

@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ func ParseTemplate(data []byte, vars map[string]string) (t *Template, err error)
 	}
 
 	if rawTpl.MinimumPackerVersion != "" {
+		// TODO: NOPE! Replace this
+		Version := "1.0"
 		vCur, err := version.NewVersion(Version)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)

packer/version.go

-package packer
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
-)
-
-// The git commit that is being compiled. This will be filled in by the
-// compiler for source builds.
-var GitCommit string
-
-// This should be check to a callback to check for the latest version.
-//
-// The global nature of this variable is dirty, but a version checker
-// really shouldn't change anyways.
-var VersionChecker VersionCheckFunc
-
-// The version of packer.
-const Version = "0.7.1"
-
-// Any pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string),
-// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is the
-// pre-release marker.
-const VersionPrerelease = ""
-
-// VersionCheckFunc is the callback that is called to check the latest
-// version of Packer.
-type VersionCheckFunc func(string) (VersionCheckInfo, error)
-
-// VersionCheckInfo is the return value for the VersionCheckFunc that
-// contains the latest version information.
-type VersionCheckInfo struct {
-	Outdated bool
-	Latest   string
-	Alerts   []string
-}
-
-type versionCommand byte
-
-func (versionCommand) Help() string {
-	return `usage: packer version
-
-Outputs the version of Packer that is running. There are no additional
-command-line flags for this command.`
-}
-
-func (versionCommand) Run(env Environment, args []string) int {
-	env.Ui().Machine("version", Version)
-	env.Ui().Machine("version-prelease", VersionPrerelease)
-	env.Ui().Machine("version-commit", GitCommit)
-	env.Ui().Say(VersionString())
-
-	if VersionChecker != nil {
-		current := Version
-		if VersionPrerelease != "" {
-			current += fmt.Sprintf(".%s", VersionPrerelease)
-		}
-
-		info, err := VersionChecker(current)
-		if err != nil {
-			env.Ui().Say(fmt.Sprintf("\nError checking latest version: %s", err))
-		}
-		if info.Outdated {
-			env.Ui().Say(fmt.Sprintf(
-				"\nYour version of Packer is out of date! The latest version\n"+
-					"is %s. You can update by downloading from www.packer.io.",
-				info.Latest))
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0
-}
-
-func (versionCommand) Synopsis() string {
-	return "print Packer version"
-}
-
-// VersionString returns the Packer version in human-readable
-// form complete with pre-release and git commit info if it is
-// available.
-func VersionString() string {
-	var versionString bytes.Buffer
-	fmt.Fprintf(&versionString, "Packer v%s", Version)
-	if VersionPrerelease != "" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&versionString, ".%s", VersionPrerelease)
-
-		if GitCommit != "" {
-			fmt.Fprintf(&versionString, " (%s)", GitCommit)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return versionString.String()
-}

version.go

+package main
+
+// The git commit that was compiled. This will be filled in by the compiler.
+var GitCommit string
+
+// The main version number that is being run at the moment.
+const Version = "0.8.0"
+
+// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
+// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
+// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
+const VersionPrerelease = "dev"