Use timestamp instead of build number increase.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -44,28 +44,20 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Increment Build Number
-        if: steps.check_actor.outputs.is_bot != 'true'
-        id: increment_build
+      - name: Generate timestamp for build
+        id: timestamp
         run: |
-          python scripts/increment_build.py
-          BUILD=$(python -c "import version; print(version.__build__)")
-          echo "build=${BUILD}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
+          echo "timestamp=${TIMESTAMP}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Commit Build Number Update
-        if: steps.check_actor.outputs.is_bot != 'true'
-        run: |
-          git add version.py
-          git commit -m "Increment build number to ${{ steps.increment_build.outputs.build }} [skip ci]"
-          git push
+          # Update the timestamp in version.py
+          sed -i "s/__timestamp__ = None/__timestamp__ = '${TIMESTAMP}'/" version.py
 
       - name: Extract version info
         id: version
         run: |
           VERSION=$(python -c "import version; print(version.__version__)")
-          BUILD=$(python -c "import version; print(version.__build__)")
           echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "build=${BUILD}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "sha_short=${GITHUB_SHA::7}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Set repository and image metadata
@@ -98,7 +90,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "is_fork=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "is_fork=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
 
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
@@ -108,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64  # Fast build - amd64 only
           tags: |
             ghcr.io/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_owner }}/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_name }}:${{ steps.meta.outputs.branch_tag }}
-            ghcr.io/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_owner }}/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_name }}:${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.build }}
+            ghcr.io/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_owner }}/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_name }}:${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}-${{ steps.timestamp.outputs.timestamp }}
             ghcr.io/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_owner }}/${{ steps.meta.outputs.repo_name }}:${{ steps.version.outputs.sha_short }}
           build-args: |
             BRANCH=${{ github.ref_name }}

core/api_views.py

@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ def environment(request):
 @api_view(['GET'])
 def version(request):
     # Import version information
-    from version import __version__, __build__
+    from version import __version__, __timestamp__
     return Response({
         'version': __version__,
-        'build': __build__,
+        'timestamp': __timestamp__,
     })

docker/build-dev.sh

@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ docker build --build-arg BRANCH=dev -t dispatcharr/dispatcharr:dev -f Dockerfile
 
 # Get version information
 VERSION=$(python -c "import sys; sys.path.append('..'); import version; print(version.__version__)")
-BUILD=$(python -c "import sys; sys.path.append('..'); import version; print(version.__build__)")
 
-# Build with version tags
+# Build with version tag
 docker build --build-arg BRANCH=dev \
   -t dispatcharr/dispatcharr:dev \
-  -t dispatcharr/dispatcharr:${VERSION}-${BUILD} \
+  -t dispatcharr/dispatcharr:${VERSION} \
   -f Dockerfile ..
-.

frontend/src/components/Sidebar.jsx

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const Sidebar = ({ collapsed, toggleDrawer, drawerWidth, miniDrawerWidth }) => {
   const environment = useSettingsStore((s) => s.environment);
   const isAuthenticated = useAuthStore((s) => s.isAuthenticated);
   const publicIPRef = useRef(null);
-  const [appVersion, setAppVersion] = useState({ version: '', build: '' });
+  const [appVersion, setAppVersion] = useState({ version: '', timestamp: null });
 
   // Fetch environment settings including version on component mount
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const Sidebar = ({ collapsed, toggleDrawer, drawerWidth, miniDrawerWidth }) => {
         const versionData = await API.getVersion();
         setAppVersion({
           version: versionData.version || '',
-          build: versionData.build || '',
+          timestamp: versionData.timestamp || null,
         });
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('Failed to fetch version information:', error);
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ const Sidebar = ({ collapsed, toggleDrawer, drawerWidth, miniDrawerWidth }) => {
       {!collapsed && (
         <Text size="xs" style={{ padding: '0 16px 16px' }} c="dimmed">
           v{appVersion?.version || '0.0.0'}
-          {appVersion?.build !== '0' ? `-${appVersion?.build}` : ''}
+          {appVersion?.timestamp ? `-${appVersion.timestamp}` : ''}
         </Text>
       )}
     </AppShell.Navbar>

version.py

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 Dispatcharr version information.
 """
 __version__ = '0.3.3'  # Follow semantic versioning (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH)
-__build__ = '36'        # Auto-incremented on builds
+__timestamp__ = None    # Set during CI/CD build process