build: allow specifying a version for the build

obnoxxx · obnoxxx · commit d1122aa19797 · 2026-01-10T15:56:50.000+01:00
Builds from outside a git directory do not show a version for
checkmake --version.

With this change, the auto-detected version can be overridden at build
time with
make VERSION=version binaries

Signed-off-by: Michael Adam &lt;obnox@samba.org&gt;
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export GOFLAGS = -mod=mod
 NAME := checkmake
 DESC := linter for Makefiles
 PREFIX ?= usr/local
-VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
 GOVERSION := $(shell go version)
 BUILDTIME := $(shell date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
 BUILDDATE := $(shell date -u +"%B %d, %Y")
