From 83d5c9cbd400f3e86b45b949d3e905b367aa8cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lone-cloud <lonecloud604@pm.me>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:25:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix the --version handling regression for packaged builds

---
 package.json         |  2 +-
 src/main/ipc.ts      |  5 +++--
 src/utils/node/fs.ts | 18 ++++--------------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4bf2e05..3db3a17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gerbil",
   "productName": "Gerbil",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "description": "Run Large Language Models locally",
   "main": "out/main/index.js",
   "homepage": "./",
diff --git a/src/main/ipc.ts b/src/main/ipc.ts
index a926a7f..674a6fc 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/main/modules/binary';
 import { startMonitoring, stopMonitoring } from '@/main/modules/monitoring';
 import type { FrontendPreference } from '@/types';
+import { getAppVersion } from '@/utils/node/fs';
 
 async function launchKoboldCppWithCustomFrontends(args: string[] = []) {
   try {
@@ -152,10 +153,10 @@ export function setupIPCHandlers() {
 
   ipcMain.handle('config:set', (_, key, value) => setConfig(key, value));
 
-  ipcMain.handle('app:getVersion', () => app.getVersion());
+  ipcMain.handle('app:getVersion', () => getAppVersion());
 
   ipcMain.handle('app:getVersionInfo', () => ({
-    appVersion: app.getVersion(),
+    appVersion: getAppVersion(),
     electronVersion: process.versions.electron,
     nodeVersion: process.versions.node,
     chromeVersion: process.versions.chrome,
diff --git a/src/utils/node/fs.ts b/src/utils/node/fs.ts
index 3b2109b..a7b44e1 100644
--- a/src/utils/node/fs.ts
+++ b/src/utils/node/fs.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { readFile, writeFile, access, mkdir } from 'fs/promises';
 import { constants } from 'fs';
-import { join } from 'path';
 
 export const pathExists = async (path: string) => {
   try {
@@ -11,9 +10,7 @@ export const pathExists = async (path: string) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const readJsonFile = async <T = unknown>(
-  path: string
-): Promise<T | null> => {
+export const readJsonFile = async <T = unknown>(path: string) => {
   try {
     const content = await readFile(path, 'utf-8');
     return JSON.parse(content) as T;
@@ -37,14 +34,7 @@ export const ensureDir = async (path: string) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const getAppVersion = async (): Promise<string> => {
-  try {
-    const packageJsonPath = join(__dirname, '../../../package.json');
-    const packageJson = await readJsonFile<{ version: string }>(
-      packageJsonPath
-    );
-    return packageJson?.version || 'unknown';
-  } catch {
-    return 'unknown';
-  }
+export const getAppVersion = async () => {
+  const { app } = await import('electron');
+  return app.getVersion();
 };