🐛 Fix issue that reading version caused problems with build

packages/cli/src/ActiveWorkflowRunner.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
 	ActiveWorkflows,
 	ActiveWebhooks,
 	NodeExecuteFunctions,
-	WorkflowExecute,
 } from 'n8n-core';
 
 import {

packages/cli/src/GenericHelpers.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import * as config from '../config';
 import * as express from 'express';
+import { join as pathJoin } from 'path';
 import {
 	readFile as fsReadFile,
 } from 'fs';
 import { promisify } from "util";
 import { IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
+import { IPackageVersions } from './';
+
 const fsReadFileAsync = promisify(fsReadFile);
 
+let versionCache: IPackageVersions | undefined;
+
+
 /**
  * Displays a message to the user
  *
@@ -54,6 +60,28 @@ export function getSessionId(req: express.Request): string | undefined {
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Returns information which version of the packages are installed
+ *
+ * @export
+ * @returns {Promise<IPackageVersions>}
+ */
+export async function getVersions(): Promise<IPackageVersions> {
+	if (versionCache !== undefined) {
+		return versionCache;
+	}
+
+	const packageFile = await fsReadFileAsync(pathJoin(__dirname, '../../package.json'), 'utf8') as string;
+	const packageData = JSON.parse(packageFile);
+
+	versionCache = {
+		cli: packageData.version,
+	};
+
+	return versionCache;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Gets value from config with support for "_FILE" environment variables
  *

packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ export interface IN8nUISettings {
 }
 
 
+export interface IPackageVersions {
+	cli: string;
+}
+
+
 export interface IPushData {
 	data: IPushDataExecutionFinished | IPushDataNodeExecuteAfter | IPushDataNodeExecuteBefore | IPushDataTestWebhook;
 	type: IPushDataType;

packages/cli/src/Server.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
 import * as bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import * as history from 'connect-history-api-fallback';
 import * as requestPromise from 'request-promise-native';
-import { version as versionCli } from '../package.json';
 
 import {
 	ActiveExecutions,
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 	IExecutionsStopData,
 	IExecutionsSummary,
 	IN8nUISettings,
+	IPackageVersions,
 	IWorkflowBase,
 	IWorkflowShortResponse,
 	IWorkflowResponse,
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ import * as config from '../config';
 // @ts-ignore
 import * as timezones from 'google-timezones-json';
 import * as parseUrl from 'parseurl';
-import { version } from '@oclif/command/lib/flags';
 
 
 class App {
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ class App {
 	timezone: string;
 	activeExecutionsInstance: ActiveExecutions.ActiveExecutions;
 	push: Push.Push;
+	versions: IPackageVersions | undefined;
 
 	constructor() {
 		this.app = express();
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ class App {
 
 	async config(): Promise<void> {
 
+		this.versions = await GenericHelpers.getVersions();
+
 		// Check for basic auth credentials if activated
 		const basicAuthActive  = config.get('security.basicAuth.active') as boolean;
 		if (basicAuthActive === true) {
@@ -1005,7 +1007,7 @@ class App {
 				saveManualExecutions: this.saveManualExecutions,
 				timezone: this.timezone,
 				urlBaseWebhook: WebhookHelpers.getWebhookBaseUrl(),
-				versionCli,
+				versionCli: this.versions!.cli,
 			};
 		}));
 
@@ -1118,7 +1120,9 @@ export async function start(): Promise<void> {
 
 	await app.config();
 
-	app.app.listen(PORT, () => {
-		console.log('n8n ready on port ' + PORT);
+	app.app.listen(PORT, async () => {
+		const versions = await GenericHelpers.getVersions();
+		console.log(`n8n ready on port ${PORT}`);
+		console.log(`Version: ${versions.cli}`);
 	});
 }

packages/cli/tsconfig.json

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
 		"noImplicitReturns": true,
 		"preserveConstEnums": true,
-		"resolveJsonModule": true,
 		"declaration": true,
 		"outDir": "./dist/",
 		"target": "es2017",