From cf341c12848e30a53bb415a32d3c13f13feae53a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mattia <nicolas@nmattia.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:55:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add 'version' command

---
 README.md      |  1 +
 app/Niv.hs     |  3 ++-
 flake.nix      |  2 +-
 src/Niv/Cli.hs | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d53f41cf..deecd939 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ Available commands:
   modify                   Modify dependency attributes without performing an
                            update
   drop                     Drop dependency
+  version                  Print version
 ```
 
 #### Add
diff --git a/app/Niv.hs b/app/Niv.hs
index fcec3657..333cdb97 100644
--- a/app/Niv.hs
+++ b/app/Niv.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module Main where
 
 import Niv.Cli
+import System.Environment (getArgs)
 
 main :: IO ()
-main = Niv.Cli.cli
+main = getArgs >>= Niv.Cli.cli
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e87f32d8..4a755c08 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
         niv-source = sourceByRegex "niv" ./. [
           "^niv.cabal$"
-          "^README.md$"
+          "^README.md$" # the README is not required for the build but is required for the sdist
           "^LICENSE$"
           "^app$"
           "^app.*.hs$"
diff --git a/src/Niv/Cli.hs b/src/Niv/Cli.hs
index 730416ef..180c7039 100644
--- a/src/Niv/Cli.hs
+++ b/src/Niv/Cli.hs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import qualified Options.Applicative.Help.Pretty as Opts
 -- I died a little
 import Paths_niv (version)
 import qualified System.Directory as Dir
-import System.Environment (getArgs)
 import System.FilePath (takeDirectory)
 import UnliftIO
 
@@ -52,17 +51,17 @@ getFindSourcesJson = ask
 li :: (MonadIO io) => IO a -> io a
 li = liftIO
 
-cli :: IO ()
-cli = do
+cli :: [String] -> IO ()
+cli args = do
   ((fsj, colors), nio) <-
-    getArgs >>= Opts.handleParseResult . execParserPure' Opts.defaultPrefs opts
+    pure args >>= Opts.handleParseResult . execParserPure' Opts.defaultPrefs opts
   setColors colors
   runReaderT (runNIO nio) fsj
   where
     execParserPure' pprefs pinfo [] =
       Opts.Failure $
         Opts.parserFailure pprefs pinfo (Opts.ShowHelpText Nothing) mempty
-    execParserPure' pprefs pinfo args = Opts.execParserPure pprefs pinfo args
+    execParserPure' pprefs pinfo as = Opts.execParserPure pprefs pinfo as
     opts = Opts.info ((,) <$> ((,) <$> parseFindSourcesJson <*> parseColors) <*> (parseCommand <**> Opts.helper <**> versionflag)) $ mconcat desc
     desc =
       [ Opts.fullDesc,
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ parseCommand =
         <> Opts.command "update" parseCmdUpdate
         <> Opts.command "modify" parseCmdModify
         <> Opts.command "drop" parseCmdDrop
+        <> Opts.command "version" parseCmdVersion
     )
 
 parsePackageName :: Opts.Parser PackageName
@@ -611,6 +611,23 @@ cmdDrop packageName = \case
         Sources $
           HMS.insert packageName packageSpec sources
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- VERSION
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+parseCmdVersion :: Opts.ParserInfo (NIO ())
+parseCmdVersion =
+  Opts.info
+    ( pure (tsay $ T.pack $ showVersion version)
+        <**> Opts.helper
+    )
+    $ mconcat desc
+  where
+    desc =
+      [ Opts.fullDesc,
+        Opts.progDesc "Print version"
+      ]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Files and their content
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

From 1ff1e8a70208397d2fbb76b615de1fbefade4c6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mattia <nicolas@nmattia.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:28:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update CHANGELOG

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b00c6aea..9b1f61a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
+## [Unrelease]
+
+### Added
+* New `version` command: `niv version`
+
 ## [0.2.22] 2023-03-12
 
 ### Changed

From 925df1219114ee1e54899d8198d0e81850223bbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mattia <nicolas@nmattia.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:46:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Fix CHANGELOG typo

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b1f61a3..63b03493 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
-## [Unrelease]
+## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
 * New `version` command: `niv version`

From cdde9395d075a5b6ff39ae75514bc9710e46bf7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mattia <nicolas@nmattia.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:46:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Remove double README entry

---
 flake.nix | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4a755c08..9b470386 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
           "^src/Niv/Sources$"
           "^src/Niv/Update$"
           "^src.*.hs$"
-          "^README.md$"
           "^nix$"
           "^nix.sources.nix$"
         ];