diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 859a4e81b2..199febbb74 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ aux_source_directory(src DIR_SRCS)
 
 # # generate version
 string(TIMESTAMP TS "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" UTC)
-set(PIKA_BUILD_DATE "${TS}" CACHE STRING "the time we first built pika")
+set(PIKA_BUILD_DATE "${TS}")
 
 find_package(Git)
 
diff --git a/codis/Makefile b/codis/Makefile
index c3dd8851d9..7226dfbd8f 100644
--- a/codis/Makefile
+++ b/codis/Makefile
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 
 export GO111MODULE=on
 
-build-all: codis-dashboard codis-proxy codis-admin codis-ha codis-fe
+build-all: codis-dashboard codis-proxy codis-admin codis-ha codis-fe generate-version
 
 PRJ_ROOT=${CURDIR}
 
 
 codis-deps:
 	@mkdir -p ./bin && go version
-
 codis-dashboard: codis-deps
 	$(info build codis-dashboard)
 	@cd ${PRJ_ROOT}/cmd/dashboard && go mod tidy && go build -buildvcs=false -o ${PRJ_ROOT}/bin/codis-dashboard .
@@ -33,6 +32,10 @@ codis-fe: codis-deps
 	@cd ${PRJ_ROOT}/cmd/fe && go mod tidy && go build -buildvcs=false -o ${PRJ_ROOT}/bin/codis-fe .
 	@rm -rf ${PRJ_ROOT}/bin/assets && cp -rf ${PRJ_ROOT}/cmd/fe/assets ./bin/
 
+generate-version:
+	$(info generate version)
+	@./version
+
 clean:
 	$(info ...Clean Start!)
 	@rm -rf bin
diff --git a/tools/pika_exporter/Makefile b/tools/pika_exporter/Makefile
index b5178df6e0..7e47d19a8e 100644
--- a/tools/pika_exporter/Makefile
+++ b/tools/pika_exporter/Makefile
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
 
 # export PATH := $(PATH):$(GOPATH)/bin
 
-# for mac
-BRANCH			:= $(shell git branch | sed  's/* \(.*\)/\1/p')
-# for Linux
-# BRANCH			:= $(shell git branch | sed --quiet 's/* \(.*\)/\1/p')
-GITREV 			:= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+GITREV 			:= $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 BUILDTIME 		:= $(shell date '+%F %T %Z')
 COMPILERVERSION	:= $(subst go version ,,$(shell go version))
 PROJNAME        := pika_exporter
diff --git a/tools/pika_exporter/main.go b/tools/pika_exporter/main.go
index 07b4cf5f40..6af84bc4b4 100644
--- a/tools/pika_exporter/main.go
+++ b/tools/pika_exporter/main.go
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ func getEnvInt(key string, defaultVal int) int {
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	log.Println("Pika Metrics Exporter ", BuildVersion, "build date:", BuildDate, "sha:", BuildCommitSha, "go version:", GoVersion)
+	log.Println("Pika Metrics Exporter")
+	log.Println("Build Date: ", BuildDate)
+	log.Println("Commit SHA: ", BuildCommitSha)
+	log.Println("Go Version: ", GoVersion)
 	if *showVersion {
 		return
 	}