--- /dev/null
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Version package.
+ *
+ * (c) Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace SebastianBergmann;
+
+/**
+ * @since Class available since Release 1.0.0
+ */
+class Version
+{
+ private $path;
+ private $release;
+ private $version;
+
+ /**
+ * @param string $release
+ * @param string $path
+ */
+ public function __construct($release, $path)
+ {
+ $this->release = $release;
+ $this->path = $path;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @return string
+ */
+ public function getVersion()
+ {
+ if ($this->version === null) {
+ if (count(explode('.', $this->release)) == 3) {
+ $this->version = $this->release;
+ } else {
+ $this->version = $this->release . '-dev';
+ }
+
+ $git = $this->getGitInformation($this->path);
+
+ if ($git) {
+ if (count(explode('.', $this->release)) == 3) {
+ $this->version = $git;
+ } else {
+ $git = explode('-', $git);
+
+ $this->version = $this->release . '-' . end($git);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $this->version;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @param string $path
+ * @return bool|string
+ */
+ private function getGitInformation($path)
+ {
+ if (!is_dir($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '.git')) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ $dir = getcwd();
+ chdir($path);
+ $returnCode = 1;
+ $result = @exec('git describe --tags 2>&1', $output, $returnCode);
+ chdir($dir);
+
+ if ($returnCode !== 0) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return $result;
+ }
+}