From 4bd7343a479b925d355d7543a177ff92b721c6d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Ravel <dylanm.ravel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:16:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for building with version info

Added a section to CONTRIBUTING.md explaining how to build the project with version information injected using Go build flags. This helps contributors test version display and verify version injection locally.
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -37,6 +37,28 @@ go build -o tmpo .
 ./tmpo --help
 ```
 
+### Building with Version Information
+
+To build with version information injected (useful for testing version display):
+
+```bash
+go build -ldflags "-X github.com/DylanDevelops/tmpo/cmd/utilities.Version=0.1.0 \
+  -X github.com/DylanDevelops/tmpo/cmd/utilities.Commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) \
+  -X github.com/DylanDevelops/tmpo/cmd/utilities.Date=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
+  -o tmpo .
+```
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> This is an example - you can modify the version number (e.g., `0.1.0`) or any other injected values to suit your testing needs.
+
+This is useful when you want to:
+
+- Test version display locally (`./tmpo --version`)
+- Build a binary with specific version info
+- Verify version injection is working correctly
+
+For production releases, goreleaser handles version injection automatically.
+
 ### Testing
 
 ```bash