Add /_spacebar/api/version - resolves #1222

src/util/util/Version.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+	Spacebar: A FOSS re-implementation and extension of the Discord.com backend.
+	Copyright (C) 2026 Spacebar and Spacebar Contributors
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+	by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
+import { execSync } from "child_process";
+import { red } from "picocolors";
+
+export function getRevInfoOrFail(): { rev: string | null; lastModified: number } {
+    const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, "../../../");
+    // sanity check
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(rootDir, "package.json"))) {
+        console.log(red("Error: Cannot find package.json in root directory. Are you running from the correct location?"));
+    }
+
+    // use .rev file if it exists
+    if (fs.existsSync(path.join(rootDir, ".rev"))) {
+        return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(rootDir, ".rev"), "utf-8"));
+    }
+
+    // fall back to invoking git
+    try {
+        const rev = execSync(`git -C "${rootDir}" rev-parse HEAD`).toString().trim();
+        const lastModified = Number(execSync(`git -C "${rootDir}" log -1 --format=%cd --date=unix`).toString().trim());
+        return {
+            rev,
+            lastModified,
+        };
+    } catch (e) {
+        return { rev: null, lastModified: 0 };
+    }
+}

src/util/util/index.ts

@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ export * from "../../schemas/HelperTypes";
 export * from "./extensions";
 export * from "./Random";
 export * from "./Url";
+export * from "./Version";