Describe the bug

Affected version

gh version 2.89.0 (2026-03-26)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.89.0

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. install latest release
2. Navigate to install path
3. open file properties in explorer & navigate to details tab

Expected vs actual behavior

File Version shouldn't be 0.0.0.0 & should return correctly & Copyright should be filled out

Additional Notes

This was found as PowerShell returns 0.0.0.0 for the Version when running
get-command gh or gcm gh for short & I wondered if this was a PowerShell display issue or as found an issue with the metadata being stamped into gh.exe as part of the build process.

Even though from the below FileVersion & ProductVersion seem to be returning correctly.

I've also previously reported a similar & still unfixed issue with Hugo missing similar metadata from the Windows executable that would be useful to have return correctly for Administrators and Users.

I have tried digging into this further to understand where in this repo any fixes may need to be added though I am not well enough versed in go to attempt to fix this

The last Release action run
https://github.com/cli/cli/actions/runs/23598808509/job/68722777870#step:8:25
Points to
https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/script/gen-winres.ps1
which uses
https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/script/versioninfo.template.json
which I think is what needs updating to be able to fix this going forward

Priority

Low