Closes #140 -- include instructions in the README for properly setting the version.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8be2df..eb69fac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,9 +62,18 @@ gotop should build with most versions of Go.  If you have a version other than 1
 git clone https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop.git
 cd gotop
 sed -i '/^go/d' go.mod          # Do this if you have go != 1.14
-go build -o gotop ./cmd/gotop
+VERS="$(git tag -l --sort=-v:refname | sed 's/v\([^-].*\)/\1/g' | head -1 | tr -d '-' ).$(git describe --long --tags | sed 's/\([^-].*\)-\([0-9]*\)-\(g.*\)/r\2.\3/g' | tr -d '-')"
+DAT=$(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S)
+go build -o gotop \
+	-ldflags "-X main.Version=v${VERS} -X main.BuildDate=${DAT}" \
+	./cmd/gotop
 ```
 
+	go build \
+		-gcflags "all=-trimpath=${PWD}" \
+		-asmflags "all=-trimpath=${PWD}" \
+		-ldflags "-X main.Version=v${VERSION} -X main.BuildDate=${BUILDDATE} -extldflags ${LDFLAGS}" \
+ 		./cmd/gotop
 Move `gotop` to somewhere in your `$PATH`.
 
 If Go is not installed or is the wrong version, and you don't have root access or don't want to upgrade Go, a script is provided to download Go and the gotop sources, compile gotop, and then clean up. See `scripts/install_without_root.sh`.