Obtain git information from version file

Author: cquintana92

.dockerignore

@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ static/upload
 venv/
 .venv
 .coverage
-htmlcov
+htmlcov
+.git/

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -114,16 +114,21 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
 
+      # We need to checkout the repository in order for the "Create Sentry release" to work
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Prepare version file
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ github.ref }}" > .version
+
       - name: Build image and publish to Docker Registry
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
         with:
+          context: .
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
 
-      # We need to checkout the repository in order for the "Create Sentry release" to work
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
       - name: Create Sentry release
         uses: getsentry/action-release@v1
         env:

.version

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dev

app/config.py

@@ -2,14 +2,29 @@
 import random
 import socket
 import string
-import subprocess
 from ast import literal_eval
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, List
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-SHA1 = subprocess.getoutput("git rev-parse HEAD")
+DEFAULT_VERSION = "unknown"
+
+
+def load_version() -> str:
+    try:
+        this_file_path = Path(__file__)
+        root_dir_path = this_file_path.parent.parent
+        version_file_path = root_dir_path.joinpath(".version")
+        with open(version_file_path, "r") as f:
+            return f.readline().strip()
+    except Exception:
+        print("Could not load .version. Using default version")
+        return DEFAULT_VERSION
+
+
+SHA1 = load_version()
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))