Value injection at build time seems to only work for the main package

main.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/gabek/owncast/config"
@@ -8,9 +10,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gabek/owncast/router"
 )
 
+// the following are injected at build-time
+var (
+	//GitCommit is the commit which this version of owncast is running
+	GitCommit = "unknown"
+	//BuildVersion is the version
+	BuildVersion = "0.0.0"
+	//BuildType is the type of build
+	BuildType = "localdev"
+)
+
 func main() {
 	// logrus.SetReportCaller(true)
-	log.Println(core.GetVersion())
+	log.Println(getVersion())
 
 	//TODO: potentially load the config from a flag like:
 	//configFile := flag.String("configFile", "config.yaml", "Config File full path. Defaults to current folder")
@@ -31,3 +43,8 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 }
+
+//getVersion gets the version string
+func getVersion() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Owncast v%s-%s (%s)", BuildVersion, BuildType, GitCommit)
+}