Using the latest tag for the version on the builder scripts

[xoriole]

Right now, we use git describe to get the version. Sometimes this can return the earlier version if the last annotated tag is older and the newer tags were not annotated.

By default (without --all or --tags) git describe only shows annotated tags.

Tag objects (created with -a, -s, or -u) are called "annotated" tags; they contain a creation date, the tagger name and e-mail, a tagging message, and an optional GnuPG signature. Whereas a "lightweight" tag is simply a name for an object (usually a commit object).

At the current commit of main:

$ git describe
>> v7.11.0-RC1-908-g9aba4ae00

$ git describe --tags
>> v7.12.1-405-g9aba4ae00

Using --tags switch will return the last reachable tag irrespective of annotated or not which would be a better indication of the current version of Tribler.

Expected changes in:

• Github workflows (build_*.yml)
• Jenkins build jobs

References:

• https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe
• https://git-scm.com/docs/git-tag

[drew2a]

I can implement the change for GitHub Actions.

[drew2a]

GitHub workflows have been changed. I've also changed the main post here and added checkboxes:

As my part is done, unassigning myself...

[xoriole]

Jenkins build job is updated and the build artifacts show the correct version.
https://jenkins-ci.tribler.org/job/Build-Tribler_release/job/Build/491/