* chore: identify version numbers using a git tag
- remove VERSION file
- expose the `GIT_COMMIT`so that we can properly construct the web links
when the user clicks the version number in Settings/About
- some smaller cleanups and warning fixes
Fixes#12349
* fix_: ci artifact version and use version scripts
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Co-authored-by: Igor Sirotin <sirotin@status.im>