From e2094e54d03c1c18e94bbc8847bced20511503e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Eric=20Rockst=C3=A4dt?= <eric_rockstaedt@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:51:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add version flag

---
 .github/workflows/binaries.yml |  3 ++-
 main.go                        | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
index b7f0f6a..cc15041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ jobs:
         goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
         goversion: 1.19
         compress_assets: OFF
-        release_tag: ${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.tag }}
\ No newline at end of file
+        release_tag: ${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.tag }}
+        ldflags: -X 'main.version=${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.tag }}'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8d4e5a0..aa5455b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/rockstaedt/txtreader"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -12,7 +14,17 @@ const (
 	hardLimit = 72
 )
 
+var version string
+
 func main() {
+	versionPtr := flag.Bool("v", false, "Prints the current version of the executable")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *versionPtr {
+		fmt.Println(version)
+		return
+	}
+
 	log.Println("[INFO]\t Validating commit message...")
 	commitLines, err := txtreader.GetLinesFromTextFile(os.Args[1])
 	if err != nil {

From 52d2ab9b8af1474ca6e11ce0a5590888c7b112be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Eric=20Rockst=C3=A4dt?= <eric_rockstaedt@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:26:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Use os exit to stop the executable

---
 main.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aa5455b..ed90915 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	if *versionPtr {
 		fmt.Println(version)
-		return
+		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
 	log.Println("[INFO]\t Validating commit message...")