Provide default version based on latest tag in branch

Signed-off-by: João Pereira <joao.pereira@broadcom.com>

Makefile

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ NODES ?= 10
 PACKAGES ?= api actor command types util version integration/helpers
 LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8"
 
+CF_BUILD_VERSION ?= $$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
 CF_BUILD_SHA ?= $$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 CF_BUILD_DATE ?= $$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d")
 LD_FLAGS_COMMON=-w -s \

version/version.go

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package version
 
-import "github.com/blang/semver/v4"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
+)
 
 const DefaultVersion = "0.0.0-unknown-version"
 
@@ -11,8 +16,11 @@ var (
 )
 
 func VersionString() string {
+	// Remove the "v" prefix from the binary in case it is present
+	binaryVersion = strings.TrimPrefix(binaryVersion, "v")
 	versionString, err := semver.Make(binaryVersion)
 	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("%s - error: %s\n", binaryVersion, err)
 		versionString = semver.MustParse(DefaultVersion)
 	}