Add frontend/backend make targets, fix source release (#10325)

* Add frontend/backend make targets, fix source release

- Add 'make backend' and 'make frontend' make targets which are used to
  build go and js/css/svg files respectively.

- The 'backend' target can be invoked without requiring Node.js to be
  present on the system if pre-built frontend assets are present like
  in the release source tarballs.

- Fix source releases missing 'dist' folders inside 'node_modules' which
  were erronously excluded from tar.

- Store VERSION in file VERSION for the release tarballs and prefer that
  file over git-derived version.

* fix release task

* fix typo

* fix another typo

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diff --git a/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
index fcd6fae166..cb98484221 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@ recommended way to build from source is therefore:
 TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build
 ```
 
+The `build` target is split into two sub-targets:
+
+- `make backend` which requires [Go 1.11](https://golang.org/dl/) or greater.
+- `make frontend` which requires [Node.js 10.0.0](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) or greater.
+
+If pre-built frontend files are present it is possible to only build the backend:
+
+```bash
+TAGS="bindata" make backend
+``
+
 ## Test
 
 After following the steps above, a `gitea` binary will be available in the working directory.