fix: include .git in Docker build context for version embedding

[joanestebanr]

🔄 Changes Summary

• Revert fix: embed version info in Docker builds #1619 (which tried to fix version embedding via build-args — the approach worked locally but not in the GitHub Actions workflow since docker/build-push-action was not updated to pass the version build-args).
• Remove .git/ from .dockerignore so that git describe and git rev-parse run correctly inside the builder stage, embedding the correct Version, GitRev and GitBranch values in the binary without any changes to the Makefile, Dockerfile, or CI workflow.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• None

📋 Config Updates

• None

✅ Testing

• 🖱️ Manual: make build-docker && docker run aggkit:local version shows correct Version, Git revision and Git branch fields.

🐞 Issues

• Closes bug: aggkit release 0.10.0-rc3 don't show version #1618

📝 Notes

• .git/ was excluded from the Docker context for security and context-size reasons. Since the builder stage only uses git metadata to set ldflags and the .git directory is not copied into the final runtime image, the security concern does not apply.

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🚀 What's New

This PR fixes version embedding in Docker builds by removing .git/ from .dockerignore, allowing git commands (git describe, git rev-parse) to run correctly inside the Docker builder stage. This reverts the previous approach (#1619) that attempted to use build-args, which worked locally but failed in GitHub Actions CI workflows.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Version embedding in Docker builds: The binary now correctly embeds Version, GitRev, and GitBranch information when built via Docker, fixing issue bug: aggkit release 0.10.0-rc3 don't show version #1618.

📋 Config Updates

None.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

None.

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Code Review Feedback

🟢 Approach & Solution Quality

Positive aspects:

1. ✅ Simplicity: This approach is much simpler than the previous build-args solution - it requires no changes to CI workflows or Makefile build-arg passing
2. ✅ Consistency: Version detection now works the same way in Docker builds as it does in local builds via version.mk
3. ✅ Multi-stage isolation: The .git directory is only present in the builder stage and is NOT copied to the final runtime image (confirmed in Dockerfile:56-58)
4. ✅ Clean revert: Properly reverts the complex build-args approach that didn't work in CI

The core fix:

• Removed .git/ from .dockerignore (.dockerignore:2)
• version.mk uses shell commands that now work inside Docker builder:
  • git describe --tags --always (version.mk:1)
  • git rev-parse --short HEAD (version.mk:2)
  • git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD (version.mk:3)

🟡 Security Considerations

The PR description claims "security concern does not apply" since .git is only in the builder stage. This is mostly correct but requires nuance:

✅ What's protected:

• The .git directory does NOT appear in the final runtime image (Alpine-based, stage 2)
• Multi-stage builds properly isolate the build environment from runtime
• Only compiled binaries are copied to the final image (Dockerfile:57-58)

🟡 Considerations to be aware of:

1. Build context size: Including .git/ increases the Docker build context size sent to the Docker daemon. For repos with large git histories, this could slow down builds. However, this is a build-time cost, not a security issue.
2. CI/CD secrets: If the git repository contains sensitive information in its history (even in deleted commits), it would be present in the builder stage. This is generally not a concern for public repos, but worth noting for private repositories.
3. Layer caching: The .git directory changes frequently, which could invalidate Docker layer caching. However, the Dockerfile structure (COPY . . at line 16 happens after dependency downloads) already handles this reasonably well.

Verdict: The security claim is valid - no .git data leaks into the runtime image. ✅

🟢 Correctness

Changes verified:

1. .dockerignore (line 2): .git/ removed - correct ✅
2. Dockerfile: No build-args for VERSION/GITREV/GITBRANCH (reverted) - correct ✅
3. Makefile (line 90): build-docker target simplified, no longer passes build-args - correct ✅
4. version.mk: Changed from ?= to := operators - this is semantically important:
   • ?= (conditional assignment): Only sets if variable is not already defined
   • := (simple assignment): Always evaluates and sets the variable
   • This change ensures the git commands always run, even if VERSION/GITREV/GITBRANCH are set in the environment ✅

🟢 CI/CD Compatibility

Workflow analysis:

• build-aggkit-image.yml:31 uses make build-docker which no longer requires build-args ✅
• build-push-docker-image.yml:84-92 uses docker/build-push-action with only INCLUDE_SHELL build-arg ✅
• No workflow changes needed - this was the main advantage over fix: embed version info in Docker builds #1619 ✅

🟢 Testing & Verification

The PR description mentions manual testing:

make build-docker && docker run aggkit:local version

This should show correct Version, Git revision, and Git branch fields. ✅

Suggested additional verification (for reviewers):

# Verify .git is not in final image
docker build -t aggkit:test .
docker run aggkit:test ls -la / | grep -i git
# Should NOT show .git directory

# Verify version info is embedded
docker run aggkit:test version
# Should show correct git metadata

🟡 Alternative Approaches Considered

The PR mentions that #1619's approach "worked locally but not in the GitHub Actions workflow since docker/build-push-action was not updated to pass the version build-args."

Why the build-args approach failed in CI:
Looking at build-push-docker-image.yml:84-92, the docker/build-push-action would have needed:

build-args: |
  VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
  GITREV=${{ env.GITREV }}
  GITBRANCH=${{ env.GITBRANCH }}
  INCLUDE_SHELL=${{ matrix.variant.include_shell }}

But these variables weren't computed or passed, so the builder stage received empty values.

Why the current approach is better:

• Self-contained: Git metadata is extracted from the source itself
• No workflow changes needed
• Works identically in local dev and CI environments

🟢 Code Quality

1. Makefile simplification (lines 88-90): Clean removal of build-arg passing ✅
2. version.mk clarity (lines 1-3): Using := instead of ?= makes the intent clearer ✅
3. Dockerfile: No changes needed - already well-structured with multi-stage build ✅

🔴 Potential Issues Found

None identified. The implementation is sound and achieves the stated goal.

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Summary

This PR successfully fixes the version embedding issue through a simple and elegant solution. The approach of including .git in the Docker build context is:

• ✅ Secure: .git is isolated to the builder stage only
• ✅ Simple: No CI workflow changes needed
• ✅ Consistent: Works the same locally and in CI
• ✅ Correct: Properly embeds version metadata in binaries

The revert of #1619 was the right call, and this solution is superior to the build-args approach.

Recommendation: Approve and merge ✅

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Additional Notes

• The go.mod/go.sum changes appear to be dependency updates unrelated to the version embedding fix (likely from the revert commit)
• Consider adding a CI test that verifies the version information is correctly embedded in the Docker-built binary
• Documentation of this build approach in the README or developer docs might help future contributors understand why .git is not in .dockerignore

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Pull request overview

This PR restores Docker image version embedding by making git metadata available inside the Docker build, reverting the prior build-arg-based approach (PR #1619).

Changes:

• Removes .git/ from .dockerignore so git describe / git rev-parse work during the builder stage.
• Reverts Docker build targets and Dockerfile away from passing version build args / declaring version ARGs.
• Updates go.mod / go.sum with several indirect golang.org/x/* version changes (appears unrelated to the stated goal).

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 6 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
version.mk	Reverts VERSION/GITREV/GITBRANCH to be computed via git at build time.
Makefile	Removes VERSION/GITREV/GITBRANCH build-args and drops the post-build version verification.
Dockerfile	Removes VERSION/GITREV/GITBRANCH ARG declarations from the builder stage.
.dockerignore	Stops excluding .git/ so git metadata is available inside Docker builds.
go.mod	Downgrades several indirect golang.org/x/* dependencies.
go.sum	Updates sums consistent with the indirect dependency downgrades.

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go.mod:220

• Additional golang.org/x/* indirect dependency downgrades are included here (x/sys, x/telemetry, x/text, x/tools). If the intent is only to change Docker build context/version embedding, these dependency changes should likely be dropped or called out explicitly with rationale.

	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0 // indirect
	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 // indirect
	golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260109210033-bd525da824e2 // indirect
	golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 // indirect
	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
	golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 // indirect

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