"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version".Get() not returning a valid Kubernetes client version

[Subhajit97]

Hi! I'm trying to get the client version programmatically, similar to the kubectl version command.

I'm using the Get() method defined in the k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version package to get the client version.

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version"
)

func main() {
    clientversion := version.Get()

    fmt.Println(test.String())
}

Executing the above code snippet, I'm getting the output below:

v0.0.0-master+$Format:%H$

Is there anything that I'm missing? If so, could you please tell me the best way to get the Client version?

Below is the output of kubectl version CLI command:

kubectl version  
WARNING: This version information is deprecated and will be replaced with the output from kubectl version --short.  Use --output=yaml|json to get the full version.
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"27", GitVersion:"v1.27.2", GitCommit:"7f6f68fdabc4df88cfea2dcf9a19b2b830f1e647", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2023-05-17T14:13:27Z", GoVersion:"go1.20.4", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/arm64"}
Kustomize Version: v5.0.1
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"26", GitVersion:"v1.26.3", GitCommit:"9e644106593f3f4aa98f8a84b23db5fa378900bd", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2023-03-15T13:33:12Z", GoVersion:"go1.19.7", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/arm64"}

Thanks!