From f7921cdf3a1ac0ed186b08f137a2e9584b384354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaxry <vaxry@vaxry.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 13:50:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] core: add a version argument

---
 src/main.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c64555d..a6d09b7 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv, const char** envp) {
 
     ASSERT(parser.registerStringOption("config", "c", "Set a custom config path"));
     ASSERT(parser.registerBoolOption("verbose", "", "Enable more logging"));
+    ASSERT(parser.registerBoolOption("version", "v", "Show hyprpaper's version"));
     ASSERT(parser.registerBoolOption("help", "h", "Show the help menu"));
 
     if (const auto ret = parser.parse(); !ret) {
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv, const char** envp) {
         return 0;
     }
 
+    if (parser.getBool("version").value_or(false)) {
+        std::println("hyprpaper v{}", HYPRPAPER_VERSION);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     if (parser.getBool("verbose").value_or(false)) {
         g_logger->setLogLevel(LOG_TRACE);
         g_state->verbose = true;