this is nowhere near working yet

internal/globals/globals.go

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+package globals
+
+import (
+	"go.uber.org/fx"
+)
+
+// these get populated from main() and copied into the Globals object.
+var (
+	Appname   string
+	Version   string
+	Buildarch string
+)
+
+type Globals struct {
+	Appname   string
+	Version   string
+	Buildarch string
+}
+
+func New(lc fx.Lifecycle) (*Globals, error) {
+	n := &Globals{
+		Appname:   Appname,
+		Buildarch: Buildarch,
+		Version:   Version,
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}