Allow NodeBB version to be set via config to package.json version can be incremented when needed.

app.js

@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ if(os.platform() === 'linux') {
 	});
 }
 
-if (!process.send) {
-	// If run using `node app`, log GNU copyright info along with server info
-	winston.info('NodeBB v' + pkg.version + ' Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.');
-	winston.info('This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.');
-	winston.info('This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.');
-	winston.info('');
-}
-
 // Alternate configuration file support
 var	configFile = path.join(__dirname, '/config.json'),
 	configExists;
@@ -89,7 +81,8 @@ function loadConfig() {
 	nconf.defaults({
 		base_dir: __dirname,
 		themes_path: path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules'),
-		views_dir: path.join(__dirname, 'public/templates')
+		views_dir: path.join(__dirname, 'public/templates'),
+		version: pkg.version
 	});
 
 	if (!nconf.get('isCluster')) {
@@ -101,6 +94,14 @@ function loadConfig() {
 	nconf.set('themes_path', path.resolve(__dirname, nconf.get('themes_path')));
 	nconf.set('core_templates_path', path.join(__dirname, 'src/views'));
 	nconf.set('base_templates_path', path.join(nconf.get('themes_path'), 'nodebb-theme-vanilla/templates'));
+
+	if (!process.send) {
+		// If run using `node app`, log GNU copyright info along with server info
+		winston.info('NodeBB v' + nconf.get('version') + ' Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.');
+		winston.info('This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.');
+		winston.info('This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.');
+		winston.info('');
+	}
 }
 
 function start() {
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ function start() {
 
 	if (nconf.get('isPrimary') === 'true') {
 		winston.info('Time: %s', (new Date()).toString());
-		winston.info('Initializing NodeBB v%s', pkg.version);
+		winston.info('Initializing NodeBB v%s', nconf.get('version'));
 		winston.verbose('* using configuration stored in: %s', configFile);
 
 		var host = nconf.get(nconf.get('database') + ':host'),

src/controllers/admin.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var async = require('async'),
 	fs = require('fs'),
 	path = require('path'),
+	nconf = require('nconf'),
 
 	user = require('../user'),
 	categories = require('../categories'),
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	widgets = require('../widgets'),
 	groups = require('../groups'),
-	pkg = require('../../package.json'),
 	validator = require('validator');
 
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ adminController.home = function(req, res, next) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
 		res.render('admin/general/dashboard', {
-			version: pkg.version,
+			version: nconf.get('version'),
 			notices: results.notices,
 			stats: results.stats
 		});

src/controllers/api.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var pkg = require('./../../package.json'),
+var meta = require('./../meta'),
-	meta = require('./../meta'),
 	user = require('./../user'),
 	plugins = require('./../plugins'),
 	widgets = require('../widgets'),
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ apiController.getConfig = function(req, res, next) {
 	config.relative_path = nconf.get('relative_path');
 	config.socketioTransports = nconf.get('socket.io:transports') || ['polling', 'websocket'];
 	config.websocketAddress = nconf.get('socket.io:address') || '';
-	config.version = pkg.version;
+	config.version = nconf.get('version');
 	config.siteTitle = validator.escape(meta.config.title || meta.config.browserTitle || 'NodeBB');
 	config.showSiteTitle = parseInt(meta.config.showSiteTitle, 10) === 1;
 	config.postDelay = meta.config.postDelay;

src/meta/configs.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 var winston = require('winston'),
 	db = require('../database'),
 	pubsub = require('../pubsub'),
-	pkg = require('../../package.json');
+	nconf = require('nconf');
 
 module.exports = function(Meta) {
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 	Meta.configs.list = function (callback) {
 		db.getObject('config', function (err, config) {
 			config = config || {};
-			config.version = pkg.version;
+			config.version = nconf.get('version');
 			callback(err, config);
 		});
 	};

src/plugins/load.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	semver = require('semver'),
 	async = require('async'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
-	pkg = require('../../package.json'),
+	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module.exports = function(Plugins) {
 		}
 
 		if (pluginData.nbbpm && pluginData.nbbpm.compatibility && semver.validRange(pluginData.nbbpm.compatibility)) {
-			if (!semver.gtr(pkg.version, pluginData.nbbpm.compatibility)) {
+			if (!semver.gtr(nconf.get('version'), pluginData.nbbpm.compatibility)) {
 				display();
 			}
 		} else {