@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ changelog
 
 -- next
 
++ Version string in binary.
+
 ++ Make it easier to upgrade by decoupling data dir from ".".
 
 + Amend changelog for 0.8.0 in include omitted elements:

@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ .Pp
 There's also a
 .Pa blob.db
 file which is important to backup and restore.
+.Pp
+The current version of the honk binary may be printed with the
+.Ic version
+command.
 .Ss SECURITY
 .Nm
 is not currently hardened against SSRF, server side request forgery.

@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ "fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"log"
 	notrand "math/rand"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
+
+var honkVersion = "honk 0.8.0-dev"
 
 func init() {
 	notrand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
@@ -208,6 +211,9 @@ case "init":
 		initdb()
 	case "upgrade":
 		upgradedb()
+	case "version":
+		fmt.Println(honkVersion)
+		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 	db := opendatabase()
 	dbversion := 0

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ {{ template "header.html" . }}
 <main>
 <div class="info">
 {{ .AboutMsg }}
+<p style="text-align:right"><small>version: {{ .HonkVersion }}</small>
 </div>
 </main>

@@ -1800,6 +1800,7 @@ u := login.GetUserInfo(r)
 	templinfo := getInfo(r)
 	templinfo["AboutMsg"] = aboutMsg
 	templinfo["LoginMsg"] = loginMsg
+	templinfo["HonkVersion"] = honkVersion
 	if u == nil {
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=60")
 	}