feat: generate version.json and include it in releases

will be used in the future for update notification mechanism

Author: urish

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   create-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: 'Install NPM dependencies'
         run: npm ci
       - name: 'Install LDID'
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload Release
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
-          artifacts: 'dist/bin/wokwi-cli-*'
+          artifacts: 'dist/bin/wokwi-cli-*,dist/bin/version.json'
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           generateReleaseNotes: true

tools/build.js

@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { build } from 'esbuild';
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 const { version } = JSON.parse(readFileSync('package.json', 'utf8'));
 const sha = execSync('git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD').toString().trim();
 
+const installCommands = {
+  win32: 'iwr https://wokwi.com/ci/install.ps1 -useb | iex',
+  default: 'curl -L https://wokwi.com/ci/install.sh | sh',
+};
+
+mkdirSync('dist/bin', { recursive: true });
+writeFileSync(
+  'dist/bin/version.json',
+  JSON.stringify(
+    {
+      version,
+      sha,
+      install: installCommands,
+    },
+    null,
+    2,
+  ),
+);
+
 const options = {
   platform: 'node',
   entryPoints: ['./src/main.ts'],