print the current version and build in verbose mode

cmd/root.go

@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ func Execute() int {
 	cfg := config.NewConfig(nil, nil, "", "", "")
 	logger.InitializeLogger(cfg)
 
+	if metadata.Version != "" && metadata.Build != "" {
+		logger.Info("ipctl %s (%s)", metadata.Version, metadata.Build)
+	} else {
+		sha, err := metadata.GetCurrentSha()
+		if err == nil {
+			logger.Info("ipctl running from commit %s", sha)
+		} else {
+			logger.Info("ipctl unable to determine source")
+		}
+	}
+
 	profile, err := cfg.ActiveProfile()
 	if err != nil {
 		cmdutils.CheckError(err, cfg.TerminalNoColor)

internal/metadata/metadata.go

@@ -4,8 +4,44 @@
 
 package metadata
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+)
+
 // Represents the Git SHA (short) the build was compiled against
 var Build string
 
 // Represent the version of the build in the binary
 var Version string
+
+func GetCurrentSha() (string, error) {
+	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// Open the Git repository
+	repo, err := git.PlainOpen(cwd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to open repository: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Get the HEAD reference
+	head, err := repo.Head()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get HEAD: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Resolve the commit
+	commit, err := repo.CommitObject(head.Hash())
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get commit object: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Extract the SHA
+	sha := commit.Hash.String()
+	return sha, nil
+}