#1147155 chezmoi: Does not show version if option --version is specified

Package:
chezmoi
Source:
chezmoi
Description:
Managing dotfiles across multiple machines
Submitter:
Davide Manini
Date:
2026-09-08 11:47:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1147155#5
Date:
2026-09-08 11:45:20 UTC
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The binary provided by Debian gives

$ chezmoi --version
chezmoi version dev

The upstream-provided binary gives

$ ./chezmoi-linux-amd64 --version
chezmoi version v2.72.1, commit f901167e4685db90da56d6a2a19df642cb3e0247, built
at 2026-08-30T13:33:37Z, built by goreleaser

Note that in the Debian package, the .chezmoi.vaerion variable is empty

$ chezmoi data | jq .chezmoi.version
{
  "builtBy": "",
  "commit": "",
  "date": "",
  "version": ""
}