pingcap/tidb

change the release version to `nightly`

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#16,577 opened on Apr 18, 2020

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Description

Development Task

As you can see, the release version on master branch is v4.0.0-beta.2-xxxx:

➜ ./bin/tidb-server -V
Release Version: v4.0.0-beta.2-290-ga0c740784
Git Commit Hash: a0c7407846fbc84f939afbc091f2db54f48c1bfa
Git Branch: master
UTC Build Time: 2020-04-18 11:27:52
GoVersion: go1.13.10
Race Enabled: false
TiKV Min Version: v3.0.0-60965b006877ca7234adaced7890d7b029ed1306
Check Table Before Drop: false

It's better to change the version to nightly since we have named it to nightly

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Tech stack
go
Domain
releasebuild system
Issue type
chore
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Go programming basicsknowledge of versioning
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
The issue requests changing the release version from 'v4.0.0 beta.2 xxxx' to 'nightly'. First, locate where the version string is defined in the repository, likely in a Makefile or a version.go file. Update the version string to 'nightly'. Then, verify the change by building and running the binary to confirm the version output. No linked PRs or additional clarifications from maintainers are present in the issue comments.