CI: Generate Grafana version (and metadata) when the build binary is built (#54393)

* Add GenerateVersions as BeforeFunc

* Delete gen-version

* Fix lint

* Get build id from env var

pkg/build/cmd/genversions.go

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/build/config"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/build/droneutil"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+)
+
+func GenerateVersions(c *cli.Context) error {
+	var metadata config.Metadata
+	version := ""
+	if c.NArg() == 1 {
+		version = strings.TrimPrefix(c.Args().Get(0), "v")
+	} else {
+		buildID, ok := os.LookupEnv("DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER")
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to get DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER environmental variable")
+		}
+		var err error
+		version, err = config.GetGrafanaVersion(buildID, ".")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	event, err := droneutil.GetDroneEventFromEnv()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var releaseMode config.ReleaseMode
+	switch event {
+	case string(config.PullRequestMode):
+		releaseMode = config.ReleaseMode{Mode: config.PullRequestMode}
+	case config.Push:
+		mode, err := config.CheckDroneTargetBranch()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		releaseMode = config.ReleaseMode{Mode: mode}
+	case config.Custom:
+		mode, err := config.CheckDroneTargetBranch()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// if there is a custom event targeting the main branch, that's an enterprise downstream build
+		if mode == config.MainBranch {
+			releaseMode = config.ReleaseMode{Mode: config.CustomMode}
+		} else {
+			releaseMode = config.ReleaseMode{Mode: mode}
+		}
+	case config.Tag, config.Promote:
+		mode, err := config.CheckSemverSuffix()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		releaseMode = mode
+	}
+
+	currentCommit, err := config.GetDroneCommit()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	metadata = config.Metadata{
+		GrafanaVersion: version,
+		ReleaseMode:    releaseMode,
+		GrabplVersion:  c.App.Version,
+		CurrentCommit:  currentCommit,
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("building Grafana version: %s, release mode: %+v", metadata.GrafanaVersion, metadata.ReleaseMode)
+
+	jsonMetadata, err := json.Marshal(&metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error marshalling metadata, %w", err)
+	}
+
+	const distDir = "dist"
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(distDir); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Mkdir(distDir, 0750); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// nolint:gosec
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(distDir, "version.json"), jsonMetadata, 0664); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

pkg/build/cmd/main.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	app := cli.NewApp()
-
+	app.Before = GenerateVersions
 	app.Commands = cli.Commands{
 		{
 			Name:      "build-backend",

pkg/build/config/version.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type Metadata struct {
 	GrafanaVersion string      `json:"version,omitempty"`
 	ReleaseMode    ReleaseMode `json:"releaseMode,omitempty"`
 	GrabplVersion  string      `json:"grabplVersion,omitempty"`
+	CurrentCommit  string      `json:"currentCommit,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ReleaseMode struct {
@@ -170,3 +171,11 @@ func CheckSemverSuffix() (ReleaseMode, error) {
 		return ReleaseMode{Mode: TagMode}, nil
 	}
 }
+
+func GetDroneCommit() (string, error) {
+	commit := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("DRONE_COMMIT"))
+	if commit == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("the environment variable DRONE_COMMIT is missing")
+	}
+	return commit, nil
+}

pkg/build/config/version_mode.go

@@ -10,3 +10,15 @@ const (
 	PullRequestMode   VersionMode = "pull_request"
 	CustomMode        VersionMode = "custom"
 )
+
+const (
+	Tag         = "tag"
+	PullRequest = "pull_request"
+	Push        = "push"
+	Custom      = "custom"
+	Promote     = "promote"
+)
+
+const (
+	MainBranch = "main"
+)