1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/get_version.sh b/contrib/get_version.sh
index 2a41ed4d6..7366c6bf6 100755
--- a/contrib/get_version.sh
+++ b/contrib/get_version.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,19 @@ if test "x$VERSION" = "x"
 then
   VERSION="unknown"
 fi
-echo "$VERSION"
+case $1 in
+"--major")
+  echo "$VERSION" | sed 's/\(^[0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1/g'
+  ;;
+"--minor")
+  echo "$VERSION" | sed 's/\(^[0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\2/g'
+  ;;
+"--micro")
+  echo "$VERSION" | sed 's/\(^[0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\3/g'
+  ;;
+"--git")
+  echo "$VERSION" | sed 's/\(^[0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\(.*\)/\4/g'
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "$VERSION"
+esac