How about the following, since Coccinelle knows what its version is? This could of course be implemented in python as well.
julia diff --git a/docs/Coccilib.3cocci b/docs/Coccilib.3cocci index 0e4fbb8..ca5b061 100644 --- a/docs/Coccilib.3cocci +++ b/docs/Coccilib.3cocci @@ -232,6 +232,15 @@ is the empty list if spatch is not currently working on any file (eg, in an initialize or finalize rule). .sp +.I val cocci_version +: +.B unit -> string +.sp +Returns the a string indicating the current version. Note that if +Coccinelle has been modified since a release, the version number will be +postfixed with "-dirty". +.sp + .I val print_main : .B ?color:string -> string -> pos list -> unit diff --git a/ocaml/coccilib.ml b/ocaml/coccilib.ml index f60c6b2..2f352d8 100644 --- a/ocaml/coccilib.ml +++ b/ocaml/coccilib.ml @@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ let dir () = !Flag.dir let files () = !Flag.currentfiles +let cocci_version () = Config.version + (* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *) (* org mode *)
