Report the embedded release version

.woodpecker/release.yml

@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ steps:
         build_binary windows amd64 ".exe"
         build_binary windows arm64 ".exe"
 
+        smoke_binary="$dist/narratio-version-smoke"
+        go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/buildinfo.Version=$version" \
+          -o "$smoke_binary" "$pkg"
+        reported_version="$("$smoke_binary" version)"
+        rm -f "$smoke_binary"
+        if [ "$reported_version" != "narratio $version" ]; then
+          echo "release binary reported unexpected version: $reported_version" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
   publish-release:
     image: woodpeckerci/plugin-release
     depends_on:

docs/cli.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This runs the canonical full pipeline for session `2026-04-04`.
 
 Top-level commands:
 
+- `version`: print the Narratio build version.
 - `run <session_id>`: run all or one contiguous range of the canonical stage order.
 - `regenerate-artifacts <session_id>`: force-run extraction through analysis.
 - `run-stage <stage> <session_id>`: run one stage.
@@ -71,6 +72,15 @@ Commands with additional positionals keep their command-specific order:
 
 ## Command Reference
 
+### `version`
+
+```bash
+narratio version
+```
+
+Official release binaries report their exact Git tag. Binaries built directly
+from source without release linker metadata report `dev`.
+
 ### `run`
 
 ```bash

internal/app/commands.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-var supportedCommands = []string{"run", "regenerate-artifacts", "run-stage", "analyze", "publish", "clean", "session"}
+var supportedCommands = []string{"version", "run", "regenerate-artifacts", "run-stage", "analyze", "publish", "clean", "session"}
 
 var runCommandFn = Run
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ func Execute(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 
 	var err error
 	switch cmd {
+	case "version":
+		err = Version(cmdArgs, stdout)
 	case "run":
 		err = runCommandFn(ctx, cmdArgs, stdout)
 	case "regenerate-artifacts":

internal/app/version.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/buildinfo"
+)
+
+// Version prints the version embedded in the current Narratio binary.
+func Version(args []string, out io.Writer) error {
+	if len(args) != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("version: unexpected arguments")
+	}
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "narratio %s\n", buildinfo.Version)
+	return err
+}

internal/app/version_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/narratio/internal/buildinfo"
+)
+
+func TestExecuteVersionReportsEmbeddedBuildVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	original := buildinfo.Version
+	buildinfo.Version = "v1.5.0-test"
+	t.Cleanup(func() { buildinfo.Version = original })
+
+	var stdout bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	if code := Execute([]string{"version"}, &stdout, &stderr); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Execute() code = %d, stderr = %q", code, stderr.String())
+	}
+	if got, want := stdout.String(), "narratio v1.5.0-test\n"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("stdout = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if stderr.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, want empty", stderr.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExecuteVersionRejectsArguments(t *testing.T) {
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	if code := Execute([]string{"version", "extra"}, io.Discard, &stderr); code == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("Execute() code = 0, want failure")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "version: unexpected arguments") {
+		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, want argument error", stderr.String())
+	}
+}

internal/buildinfo/buildinfo.go

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Package buildinfo exposes metadata supplied by the release build.
+package buildinfo
+
+// Version is the Narratio release identifier. Source builds report "dev";
+// release automation replaces it with the exact Git tag through -ldflags -X.
+var Version = "dev"