diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
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+package main
+
+// use recently generated version info as a fallback
+// for when git isn't present (i.e. go run <url>)
+func init() {
+	GitRev = "9f05e2304ccd40ac8a6b6bdba176942b475e272f"
+	GitVersion = "v1.1.0"
+	GitTimestamp = "2019-06-21T00:01:09-06:00"
+}