add version card to settings, branch push protection

frontend/vite.config.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
 import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+const versionFilePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../VERSION");
+let versionFromFile = "0.0.0";
+
+try {
+  const raw = fs.readFileSync(versionFilePath, "utf8").trim();
+  if (raw) {
+    versionFromFile = raw;
+  }
+} catch (error) {
+  console.warn("Unable to read VERSION file:", error);
+}
+
+if (
+  !process.env.VITE_APP_VERSION ||
+  process.env.VITE_APP_VERSION.trim().length === 0
+) {
+  process.env.VITE_APP_VERSION = versionFromFile;
+  if (!process.env.VITE_APP_BUILD_LABEL) {
+    process.env.VITE_APP_BUILD_LABEL = "local development build";
+  }
+}
 
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({