From f3e65f69a9d644ddb13b79809110603456b803c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pranav Srinivas Kumar <pranav.srinivas.kumar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 19:06:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added --version as a special flag similar to --help *
 ArgumentParser takes a second argument - the program version (std::string) *
 Using --version or -v will print the program version and exit

---
 include/argparse/argparse.hpp | 15 ++++++++++++---
 test/CMakeLists.txt           |  1 +
 test/test_version.cpp         | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/test_version.cpp

diff --git a/include/argparse/argparse.hpp b/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
index d4c3e48..74f0f99 100644
--- a/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
+++ b/include/argparse/argparse.hpp
@@ -748,10 +748,13 @@ private:
 
 class ArgumentParser {
 public:
-  explicit ArgumentParser(std::string aProgramName = {})
-      : mProgramName(std::move(aProgramName)) {
+  explicit ArgumentParser(std::string aProgramName = {}, std::string aVersion = "1.0")
+      : mProgramName(std::move(aProgramName)), mVersion(std::move(aVersion)) {
     add_argument("-h", "--help")
-        .help("show this help message and exit")
+        .help("shows help message and exits")
+        .nargs(0);
+    add_argument("-v", "--version")
+        .help("prints version information and exits")
         .nargs(0);
   }
 
@@ -954,6 +957,11 @@ private:
           std::cout << *this;
           std::exit(0);
         }
+        // the second optional argument is --version 
+        else if (tArgument == std::next(mOptionalArguments.begin(), 1)) {
+          std::cout << mVersion << "\n";
+          std::exit(0);
+        }
 
         it = tArgument->consume(std::next(it), end, tIterator->first);
       } else if (const auto &tCompoundArgument = tCurrentArgument;
@@ -1010,6 +1018,7 @@ private:
   }
 
   std::string mProgramName;
+  std::string mVersion;
   std::string mDescription;
   std::string mEpilog;
   std::list<Argument> mPositionalArguments;
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 921297f..592fee1 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ file(GLOB ARGPARSE_TEST_SOURCES
     test_required_arguments.cpp
     test_scan.cpp
     test_value_semantics.cpp
+    test_version.cpp
 )
 set_source_files_properties(main.cpp
     PROPERTIES
diff --git a/test/test_version.cpp b/test/test_version.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..103f96d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_version.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <doctest.hpp>
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+using doctest::test_suite;
+
+TEST_CASE("Users can print version  and exit" * test_suite("version")) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("cli-test", "1.9.0");
+  program.add_argument("-d", "--dir")
+    .required();
+  program.parse_args( { "test", "--version" });
+  REQUIRE(program.get("--version") == "1.9.0");
+}