LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
Improve Lua code to get current version
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Description
How are you using the lua-language-server?
NeoVim
Which OS are you using?
Other
What is the issue affecting?
Other
Expected Behaviour
I would like to get the current version for lua-language-server without changelog.md file.
Improve Lua code in script/version.lua to get current version (last Git tag).
Actual Behaviour
When a contributor packages lua-language-server for a distribution (Linux or BSD), the changelog.md file is not always included.
In script/version.lua file, the current version is defined (function loadVersion) with parsing of the changelog.md file. If this file is not present, the returned version is Unknown.
It will be better to get the current version without parsing of changelog.md file => get version from the last Git tag or define the current version in script/version.lua file.
Reproduction steps
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in script/version.lua at loadVersion and inspect how the current version is derived from changelog.md. Reproduce the packaging case with changelog.md absent, then verify the version comes from the last Git tag or an explicitly defined value instead of returning Unknown.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100