Merge pull request #5703 from cli/version-flag-fix

Fix --version flag printing to stdout

pkg/cmd/root/help.go

@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ func isRootCmd(command *cobra.Command) bool {
 }
 
 func rootHelpFunc(f *cmdutil.Factory, command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	if isRootCmd(command) {
+		if versionVal, err := command.Flags().GetBool("version"); err == nil && versionVal {
+			fmt.Fprint(f.IOStreams.Out, command.Annotations["versionInfo"])
+			return
+		} else if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(f.IOStreams.ErrOut, err)
+			hasFailed = true
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	cs := f.IOStreams.ColorScheme()
 
 	if isRootCmd(command.Parent()) && len(args) >= 2 && args[1] != "--help" && args[1] != "-h" {

pkg/cmd/root/root.go

@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ func NewCmdRoot(f *cmdutil.Factory, version, buildDate string) *cobra.Command {
 			"help:feedback": heredoc.Doc(`
 				Open an issue using 'gh issue create -R github.com/cli/cli'
 			`),
+			"versionInfo": versionCmd.Format(version, buildDate),
 		},
 	}
 
 	cmd.SetOut(f.IOStreams.ErrOut) // command usage summary and deprecation warnings
 	cmd.SetErr(f.IOStreams.ErrOut) // error messages
 
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("version", false, "Show gh version")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("help", false, "Show help for command")
 	cmd.SetHelpFunc(func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		rootHelpFunc(f, c, args)
@@ -68,11 +70,6 @@ func NewCmdRoot(f *cmdutil.Factory, version, buildDate string) *cobra.Command {
 	})
 	cmd.SetFlagErrorFunc(rootFlagErrorFunc)
 
-	formattedVersion := versionCmd.Format(version, buildDate)
-	cmd.SetVersionTemplate(formattedVersion)
-	cmd.Version = formattedVersion
-	cmd.Flags().Bool("version", false, "Show gh version")
-
 	// Child commands
 	cmd.AddCommand(versionCmd.NewCmdVersion(f, version, buildDate))
 	cmd.AddCommand(actionsCmd.NewCmdActions(f))

pkg/cmd/version/version.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func NewCmdVersion(f *cmdutil.Factory, version, buildDate string) *cobra.Command
 		Use:    "version",
 		Hidden: true,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Fprint(f.IOStreams.Out, Format(version, buildDate))
+			fmt.Fprint(f.IOStreams.Out, cmd.Root().Annotations["versionInfo"])
 		},
 	}