add --release builds

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/stateWindow.go b/stateWindow.go
index 142c8b7..cb03e01 100644
--- a/stateWindow.go
+++ b/stateWindow.go
@@ -60,14 +60,27 @@ func makebasicWindow() *gadgets.BasicWindow {
 func (c *controlBox) buildPackage() bool {
 	// TODO: if dirty, set GO111MODULE
 	// also, if last tag != version
-	if c.status.CheckDirty() {
-		os.Setenv("GO111MODULE", "off")
-	}
-	if shell.Run([]string{"go", "build", "-v", "-x"}) {
-		log.Warn("build worked")
+	if args.Release {
+		os.Unsetenv("GO111MODULE")
+		path := c.pathL.String() + "@latest"
+		cmd := []string{"go", "install", "-v", "-x", path}
+		if shell.Run(cmd) {
+			log.Warn("build worked")
+		} else {
+			log.Warn("build failed")
+			return false
+		}
 	} else {
-		log.Warn("build failed")
-		return false
+
+		if c.status.CheckDirty() {
+			os.Setenv("GO111MODULE", "off")
+		}
+		if shell.Run([]string{"go", "build", "-v", "-x"}) {
+			log.Warn("build worked")
+		} else {
+			log.Warn("build failed")
+			return false
+		}
 	}
 
 	filename := c.Package.String()
@@ -212,7 +225,8 @@ func (c *controlBox) computeControlValues() bool {
 	// TODO: get this from gitea (or gitlab or github, etc)
 	// or from the README.md ?
 	if c.Description.String() == "" {
-		c.Description.SetText("missing control file")
+		path := c.pathL.String()
+		c.Description.SetText("GO binary of " + path)
 	}
 	return true
 }