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[BUG] Cosmic version displayed incorrectly

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
c
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Cosmic version output with fastfetch 2.63.1 and trace where the displayed version is obtained. Compare the shown 1.0.0 value with the current Cosmic version, 1.0.14; done when the CLI reports the current version consistently.

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Description

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Description

Cosmic version has been stuck at 1.0.0 even though new updates keep increasing version number. Current version is at 1.0.14.

Version used

fastfetch 2.63.1 (x86_64)

Bug prevalence

Always

Regression

Not sure

Installation

Package manager

Package manager

pacman

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Dominant language
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