Index: bin/quilt.in
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RCS file: /cvsroot/quilt/quilt/bin/quilt.in,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.19 quilt.in
--- bin/quilt.in	26 Apr 2005 11:05:34 -0000	1.19
+++ bin/quilt.in	25 Jun 2005 07:15:56 -0000
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 {
 
 	echo $"Usage: quilt [--trace[=verbose]] [--quiltrc=XX] command [-h] ..."
+	echo $"       quilt --version"
 
 	echo $"Commands are:"
 	quilt_commands \
@@ -36,7 +37,12 @@
 --quiltrc file
 	Use the specified configuration file instead of ~/.quiltrc (or
 	/etc/quilt.quiltrc if ~/.quiltrc does not exist).  See the pdf
-	documentation for details about its possible contents."
+	documentation for details about its possible contents.
+
+Special options:
+
+--version
+	Print the version number and exit immediately."
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +58,12 @@
 	done
 }
 
+if [ $# -ge 1 -a "$1" == "--version" ]
+then
+	echo '@VERSION@'
+	exit
+fi
+
 BASH_OPTS=
 while [ $# -ne 0 ]
 do