build(packaging): version number improvements

Author: ReenigneArcher

.github/workflows/ci-flatpak.yml

@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # variables for manifest
           branch="${{ github.head_ref }}"
+          build_version=${{ inputs.release_tag }}
           commit=${{ inputs.release_commit }}
 
           # check the branch variable
           if [ -z "$branch" ]
           then
             echo "This is a PUSH event"
             branch=${{ github.ref_name }}
-            build_version=${{ inputs.release_tag }}
             clone_url=${{ github.event.repository.clone_url }}
           else
             echo "This is a PR event"
@@ -121,15 +121,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "Commit: ${commit}"
           echo "Clone URL: ${clone_url}"
 
+          export BRANCH=${branch}
+          export BUILD_VERSION=${build_version}
+          export CLONE_URL=${clone_url}
+          export COMMIT=${commit}
+
           mkdir -p build
           mkdir -p artifacts
 
           cmake -DGITHUB_CLONE_URL=${clone_url} \
             -B build \
             -S . \
-            -DBUILD_VERSION=${build_version} \
-            -DGITHUB_BRANCH=${branch} \
-            -DGITHUB_COMMIT=${commit} \
             -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_FLATPAK_MAN=ON \
             -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY=ON
 

.github/workflows/ci-homebrew.yml

@@ -76,49 +76,45 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # variables for formula
           branch="${{ github.head_ref }}"
+          build_version=${{ inputs.release_version }}
           commit=${{ inputs.release_commit }}
 
           # check the branch variable
           if [ -z "$branch" ]
           then
             echo "This is a PUSH event"
-            build_version=${{ inputs.release_tag }}
             clone_url=${{ github.event.repository.clone_url }}
             branch="${{ github.ref_name }}"
             default_branch="${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}"
 
             if [ "${{ matrix.release }}" == "true" ]; then
               # we will publish the formula with the release tag
               tag="${{ inputs.release_tag }}"
-              version="${{ inputs.release_version }}"
             else
               tag="${{ github.ref_name }}"
-              version="0.0.${{ github.run_number }}"
             fi
           else
             echo "This is a PR event"
-            build_version="0.0.${{ github.event.number }}"
             clone_url=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.clone_url }}
             branch="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
             default_branch="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.default_branch }}"
             tag="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
-            version="0.0.${{ github.event.number }}"
           fi
           echo "Branch: ${branch}"
           echo "Clone URL: ${clone_url}"
           echo "Tag: ${tag}"
 
+          export BRANCH=${branch}
+          export BUILD_VERSION=${build_version}
+          export CLONE_URL=${clone_url}
+          export COMMIT=${commit}
+          export TAG=${tag}
+
           mkdir -p build
           cmake \
             -B build \
             -S . \
-            -DBUILD_VERSION="${build_version}" \
-            -DFORMULA_VERSION="${version}" \
-            -DGITHUB_BRANCH="${branch}" \
-            -DGITHUB_COMMIT="${commit}" \
-            -DGITHUB_CLONE_URL="${clone_url}" \
             -DGITHUB_DEFAULT_BRANCH="${default_branch}" \
-            -DGITHUB_TAG="${tag}" \
             -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_HOMEBREW=ON \
             -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY=ON
 
@@ -152,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate Homebrew Formula
         id: test
         if: matrix.release != true
-        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_homebrew@v2025.627.30023
+        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_homebrew@v2025.703.21447
         with:
           formula_file: ${{ github.workspace }}/homebrew/sunshine.rb
           git_email: ${{ secrets.GIT_EMAIL }}
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
           github.repository_owner == 'LizardByte' &&
           matrix.release &&
           inputs.publish_release == 'true'
-        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_homebrew@v2025.627.30023
+        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_homebrew@v2025.703.21447
         with:
           formula_file: ${{ github.workspace }}/homebrew/sunshine-beta.rb
           git_email: ${{ secrets.GIT_EMAIL }}

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Release Setup
         id: release-setup
-        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_setup@v2025.627.30023
+        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_setup@v2025.703.21447
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ls -l artifacts
 
       - name: Create/Update GitHub Release
-        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_create@v2025.702.213340
+        uses: LizardByte/actions/actions/release_create@v2025.703.21447
         with:
           allowUpdates: false
           body: ${{ needs.release-setup.outputs.release_body }}

cmake/prep/build_version.cmake

@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
+# Set build variables if env variables are defined
+# These are used in configured files such as manifests for different packages
+if(DEFINED ENV{BRANCH})  # cmake-lint: disable=W0106
+    set(GITHUB_BRANCH $ENV{BRANCH})
+endif()
+if(DEFINED ENV{BUILD_VERSION})  # cmake-lint: disable=W0106
+    set(BUILD_VERSION $ENV{BUILD_VERSION})
+endif()
+if(DEFINED ENV{CLONE_URL})  # cmake-lint: disable=W0106
+    set(GITHUB_CLONE_URL $ENV{CLONE_URL})
+endif()
+if(DEFINED ENV{COMMIT})  # cmake-lint: disable=W0106
+    set(GITHUB_COMMIT $ENV{COMMIT})
+endif()
+if(DEFINED ENV{TAG})  # cmake-lint: disable=W0106
+    set(GITHUB_TAG $ENV{TAG})
+endif()
+
 # Check if env vars are defined before attempting to access them, variables will be defined even if blank
-if((DEFINED ENV{BRANCH}) AND (DEFINED ENV{BUILD_VERSION}) AND (DEFINED ENV{COMMIT}))  # cmake-lint: disable=W0106
-    if(($ENV{BRANCH} STREQUAL "master") AND (NOT $ENV{BUILD_VERSION} STREQUAL ""))
-        # If BRANCH is "master" and BUILD_VERSION is not empty, then we are building a master branch
-        MESSAGE("Got from CI master branch and version $ENV{BUILD_VERSION}")
+if((DEFINED ENV{BRANCH}) AND (DEFINED ENV{BUILD_VERSION}))  # cmake-lint: disable=W0106
+    if((DEFINED ENV{BRANCH}) AND (NOT $ENV{BUILD_VERSION} STREQUAL ""))
+        # If BRANCH is defined and BUILD_VERSION is not empty, then we are building from CI
+        # If BRANCH is master we are building a push/release build
+        MESSAGE("Got from CI '$ENV{BRANCH}' branch and version '$ENV{BUILD_VERSION}'")
         set(PROJECT_VERSION $ENV{BUILD_VERSION})
         set(CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})  # cpack will use this to set the binary versions
-    elseif((DEFINED ENV{BRANCH}) AND (DEFINED ENV{COMMIT}))
-        # If BRANCH is set but not BUILD_VERSION we are building a PR, we gather only the commit hash
-        MESSAGE("Got from CI $ENV{BRANCH} branch and commit $ENV{COMMIT}")
-        set(PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}.$ENV{COMMIT})
     endif()
+else()
     # Generate Sunshine Version based of the git tag
     # https://github.com/nocnokneo/cmake-git-versioning-example/blob/master/LICENSE
-else()
     find_package(Git)
     if(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
         MESSAGE("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
@@ -85,3 +100,9 @@ if(PROJECT_VERSION MATCHES "^([0-9]{4})[.]([0-9]{3,4})")
         set(PROJECT_DAY "0${PROJECT_DAY}")
     endif()
 endif()
+
+message("PROJECT_VERSION: ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+message("CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION: ${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}")
+message("PROJECT_YEAR: ${PROJECT_YEAR}")
+message("PROJECT_MONTH: ${PROJECT_MONTH}")
+message("PROJECT_DAY: ${PROJECT_DAY}")

docker/archlinux.dockerfile

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ARG CLONE_URL
 ENV BRANCH=${BRANCH}
 ENV BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION}
 ENV COMMIT=${COMMIT}
+ENV CLONE_URL=${CLONE_URL}
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
@@ -74,13 +75,9 @@ else
   sub_version=""
 fi
 cmake \
+  -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY=ON \
   -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_PKGBUILD=ON \
   -DSUNSHINE_SUB_VERSION="${sub_version}" \
-  -DGITHUB_CLONE_URL="${CLONE_URL}" \
-  -DGITHUB_BRANCH=${BRANCH} \
-  -DGITHUB_BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION} \
-  -DGITHUB_COMMIT="${COMMIT}" \
-  -DSUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY=ON \
   /build/sunshine
 _MAKE
 

packaging/linux/Arch/PKGBUILD

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ prepare() {
 
 build() {
     export BRANCH="@GITHUB_BRANCH@"
-    export BUILD_VERSION="@GITHUB_BUILD_VERSION@"
+    export BUILD_VERSION="@BUILD_VERSION@"
     export COMMIT="@GITHUB_COMMIT@"
 
     export CC="gcc-${_gcc_version}"

packaging/sunshine.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class @PROJECT_NAME@ < Formula
   homepage "@PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@"
   url "@GITHUB_CLONE_URL@",
     tag: "@GITHUB_TAG@"
-  version "@FORMULA_VERSION@"
+  version "@BUILD_VERSION@"
   license all_of: ["GPL-3.0-only"]
   head "@GITHUB_CLONE_URL@", branch: "@GITHUB_DEFAULT_BRANCH@"
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class @PROJECT_NAME@ < Formula
 
   def install
     ENV["BRANCH"] = "@GITHUB_BRANCH@"
-    ENV["BUILD_VERSION"] = "@BUILD_VERSION@"
+    ENV["BUILD_VERSION"] = "v@BUILD_VERSION@"
     ENV["COMMIT"] = "@GITHUB_COMMIT@"
 
     args = %W[