fix(release): support npm and native version lookup

Author: halfaipg

.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml

@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ jobs:
           EOF
 
       - name: Compile ${{ matrix.target }}
-        run: bun build --compile --target=${{ matrix.target }} src/cli.tsx --outfile=${{ matrix.asset }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION_JSON="$(node -p "JSON.stringify(require('./package.json').version)")"
+          bun build --compile --target=${{ matrix.target }} \
+            --define "CODEBASE_BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION_JSON}" \
+            src/cli.tsx --outfile=${{ matrix.asset }}
 
       - name: Smoke-test binary
         # Only the linux-x64 binary can run on the linux runner. The
@@ -143,7 +147,12 @@ jobs:
           EOF
 
       - name: Compile native Windows binary
-        run: bun build --compile --target=bun-windows-x64 src/cli.tsx --outfile=codebase.exe
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $versionJson = node -p "JSON.stringify(require('./package.json').version)"
+          bun build --compile --target=bun-windows-x64 `
+            --define "CODEBASE_BUILD_VERSION=$versionJson" `
+            src/cli.tsx --outfile=codebase.exe
 
       - name: Invoke --version and --help
         # Both should exit 0 on a healthy binary. Asking for --help also

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "codebase-cli",
-	"version": "2.0.0-pre.85",
+	"version": "2.0.0-pre.86",
 	"description": "Codebase CLI — a TypeScript coding agent on the pi-mono runtime. OAuth-aware, any LLM provider, single install.",
 	"keywords": [
 		"ai",

package.json

@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
-import packageMetadata from "../package.json";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+declare const CODEBASE_BUILD_VERSION: string | undefined;
 
 /**
- * Keep package.json as the single source of truth, but import it so native
- * Bun builds embed the version instead of trying to read a neighboring file
- * that does not exist beside a standalone binary.
+ * Native builds replace CODEBASE_BUILD_VERSION at compile time. The npm
+ * package keeps package.json beside dist/, so regular Node installs resolve
+ * the same source of truth from disk without JSON-module import semantics.
  */
-export const VERSION = packageMetadata.version;
+export const VERSION: string = (() => {
+	if (typeof CODEBASE_BUILD_VERSION !== "undefined" && CODEBASE_BUILD_VERSION) {
+		return CODEBASE_BUILD_VERSION;
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+		const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(here, "..", "package.json"), "utf8")) as { version?: string };
+		return pkg.version ?? "?.?.?";
+	} catch {
+		return "?.?.?";
+	}
+})();