From da0008e20e529da47ab966ec93b9ebb8aeb261ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vernon Stinebaker <vernon.stinebaker@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:27:28 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(build): default build version to dev instead of a stale
 date
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The static default (2026.3.3) had drifted four releases behind by the
time anyone built from source (#31). Release builds are unaffected: the
release flow injects -Dversion from the tag, exactly as before. Dev
builds now self-report as vdev — matching NullHub's convention — so a
stale date can never masquerade as a version again.

Fixes #31
---
 build.zig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index b870ca3..c3a5836 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
-    const app_version = b.option([]const u8, "version", "Version string embedded in the binary") orelse "2026.3.3";
+    const app_version = b.option([]const u8, "version", "Version string embedded in the binary") orelse "dev";
 
     var build_options = b.addOptions();
     build_options.addOption([]const u8, "version", app_version);