website: display version & link to changelog

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 505dcbc..7a586cd 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ mkdir build
 echo "This is lfs. More info and installation instructions on https://github.com/Canop/lfs" > build/README.md
 cp CHANGELOG.md build
 
+# publish version number
+echo "$version" > build/version
+
 # prepare the release archive
 rm lfs_*.zip
 zip -r "lfs_$version.zip" build/*
diff --git a/website/docs/install.md b/website/docs/install.md
index 1d19bc8..6725af4 100644
--- a/website/docs/install.md
+++ b/website/docs/install.md
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 
 **lfs** only works on linux.
 
+Current version: **<a id=current-version href=../download>download</a>**
+<script>
+console.log("in script");
+fetch("../download/version")
+    .then(response => response.text())
+    .then(version => {
+        console.log(`version: #${version}#`);
+        version = version.trim();
+        if (!/^\d+(\.\d+)*(-\w+)?$/.test(version)) {
+            console.warn("invalid version in download/version");
+            return;
+        }
+        document.getElementById("current-version").textContent = version;
+    })
+</script>
+
+[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/Canop/lfs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+
+
 # Precompiled binaries
 
 Binaries are made available at every release in [download](https://dystroy.org/lfs/download).