Onboarding consul-dataplane to VBA (version bump automation) as per - https://hashicorp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RELENG/pages/2484306717/How+To+Onboard+Version+Bump+Automation

Author: sarahethompson

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
       - name: get product version
         id: get-product-version
-        run: |
-          make version
-          echo "product-version=$(make version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        uses: hashicorp/actions-set-product-version@v1
 
   generate-metadata-file:
     needs: get-product-version

.github/workflows/create-release-branch.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: create a release branch
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+jobs:
+  create-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
+      - uses: hashicorp/actions-create-release-branch@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.release/ci.hcl

@@ -124,3 +124,12 @@ event "promote-production-packaging" {
     on = "always"
   }
 }
+
+event "bump-version" {
+  depends = ["promote-production-packaging"]
+  action "bump-version" {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository = "crt-workflows-common"
+    workflow = "bump-version"
+  }
+}

cmd/consul-dataplane/main.go

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul-dataplane/version"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul-dataplane/pkg/consuldp"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/consul-dataplane/pkg/version"
 )
 
 var (

version/VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.1.6-dev

pkg/version/fips_build.go renamed to version/fips_build.go

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 package version
 
 import (
+	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -14,15 +12,15 @@ var (
 	GitCommit string
 
 	// The main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	//
 	// Version must conform to the format expected by github.com/hashicorp/go-version
 	// for tests to work.
-	Version = "1.3.0"
-
-	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
+	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+	// Version and VersionPrerelease info are now being embedded directly from the VERSION file.
+	//go:embed VERSION
+	fullVersion                   string
+	Version, VersionPrerelease, _ = strings.Cut(strings.TrimSpace(fullVersion), "-")
 )
 
 // GetHumanVersion composes the parts of the version in a way that's suitable