diff --git a/Version.cpp b/Version.cpp
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+/*
+ This file is part of cpp-ethereum.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with cpp-ethereum. If not, see .
+*/
+/**
+ * @author Christian
+ * @date 2015
+ * Versioning.
+ */
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+using namespace dev;
+using namespace dev::solidity;
+using namespace std;
+
+char const* dev::solidity::VersionNumber = "0.1.0";
+extern string const dev::solidity::VersionString =
+ string(dev::solidity::VersionNumber) +
+ "-" +
+ string(DEV_QUOTED(ETH_COMMIT_HASH)).substr(0, 8) +
+ (ETH_CLEAN_REPO ? "" : "*") +
+ "/" DEV_QUOTED(ETH_BUILD_TYPE) "-" DEV_QUOTED(ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM);
+
diff --git a/Version.h b/Version.h
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+/*
+ This file is part of cpp-ethereum.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ cpp-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with cpp-ethereum. If not, see .
+*/
+/**
+ * @author Christian
+ * @date 2015
+ * Versioning.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include
+
+namespace dev
+{
+namespace solidity
+{
+
+extern char const* VersionNumber;
+extern std::string const VersionString;
+
+}
+}