use read-pkg-up module to get version from package.json

index.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export {
   config,
   log,
   Sayable,
+  VERSION,
 }                     from './src/config'
 export { Contact }    from './src/contact'
 
@@ -24,8 +25,6 @@ export { PuppetWeb }  from './src/puppet-web/'
 export { Room }       from './src/room'
 export { Misc }       from './src/misc'
 
-export const VERSION = require('./package.json').version
-
 import Wechaty from './src/wechaty'
 export { Wechaty }
 export default Wechaty

package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "ts-node": "ts-node",
-    "dist": "npm run clean && tsc && jq \"del (.files)\" < package.json > dist/package.json && shx cp src/puppet-web/*.js dist/src/puppet-web/",
+    "dist": "npm run clean && tsc && shx cp src/puppet-web/*.js dist/src/puppet-web/",
     "doc": "npm run dist && echo '# Wechaty v'$(jq -r .version package.json)' Documentation\n' > docs/index.md && jsdoc2md dist/src/{wechaty,room,contact,friend-request,message}.js dist/src/puppet-web/friend-request.js>> docs/index.md",
     "coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
     "changelog": "github_changelog_generator -u chatie -p wechaty && sed -i'.bak' /greenkeeper/d CHANGELOG.md && ts-node script/sort-contributiveness.ts < CHANGELOG.md > CHANGELOG.new.md 2>/dev/null && cat CHANGELOG.md >> CHANGELOG.new.md && mv CHANGELOG.new.md CHANGELOG.md",
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     "mime": "^2.0.3",
     "puppeteer": "^0.12.0",
     "raven": "^2.2.1",
+    "read-pkg-up": "^2.0.0",
     "request": "^2.83.0",
     "retry-promise": "^1.0.0",
     "rxjs": "^5.4.3",
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
     "@types/mime": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/puppeteer": "^0.12.0",
     "@types/raven": "^2.1.2",
+    "@types/read-pkg-up": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/request": "^2.0.4",
     "@types/sinon": "^2.3.5",
     "@types/xml2js": "^0.4.0",

src/config.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ import * as fs    from 'fs'
 import * as os    from 'os'
 import * as path  from 'path'
 
+import * as readPkgUp from 'read-pkg-up'
+
+const pkg = readPkgUp.sync().pkg
+export const VERSION = pkg.version
+
 /**
  * Raven.io
  */
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ Raven
   process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
     && 'https://f6770399ee65459a82af82650231b22c:d8d11b283deb441e807079b8bb2c45cd@sentry.io/179672',
   {
-    release: require('../package.json').version,
+    release: VERSION,
     tags: {
       git_commit: 'c0deb10c4',
       platform:   !!process.env['WECHATY_DOCKER']
@@ -113,14 +118,13 @@ export interface ConfigSetting {
   puppetInstance(instance: Puppet): void
   puppetInstance(instance?: Puppet | null): Puppet | void,
 
-  gitVersion(): string | null,
-  npmVersion(): string,
+  gitRevision(): string | null,
 
   docker: boolean,
 }
 /* tslint:disable:variable-name */
 /* tslint:disable:no-var-requires */
-export const config: ConfigSetting = require('../package.json').wechaty
+export const config: ConfigSetting = pkg.wechaty
 
 /**
  * 1. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES + PACKAGES.JSON (default)
@@ -236,19 +240,8 @@ function gitVersion(): string | null {
   }
 }
 
-function npmVersion(): string {
-  try {
-    return require('../package.json').version
-  } catch (e) {
-    log.error('Wechaty', 'npmVersion() exception %s', e.message)
-    Raven.captureException(e)
-    return '0.0.0'
-  }
-}
-
 Object.assign(config, {
   gitVersion,
-  npmVersion,
   puppetInstance,
 })
 

src/wechaty.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   Raven,
   Sayable,
   log,
+  VERSION,
 }                     from './config'
 
 import Contact        from './contact'
@@ -153,12 +154,12 @@ export class Wechaty extends EventEmitter implements Sayable {
    */
   public static version(forceNpm = false): string {
     if (!forceNpm) {
-      const revision = config.gitVersion()
+      const revision = config.gitRevision()
       if (revision) {
         return `#git[${revision}]`
       }
     }
-    return config.npmVersion()
+    return VERSION
   }
 
  /**