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+/* ws_version_info.c
+ * Routines to report version information for Wireshark programs
+ *
+ * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
+ * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
+ * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
+ *
+ * This program 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 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include "version.h"
+
+#include <wsutil/ws_version_info.h>
+
+/*
+ * Return a version number string for Wireshark, including, for builds
+ * from a tree checked out from Wireshark's version control system,
+ * something identifying what version was checked out.
+ */
+const char *
+get_ws_vcs_version_info(void)
+{
+#ifdef GITVERSION
+	return VERSION " (" GITVERSION " from " GITBRANCH ")";
+#else
+	return VERSION;
+#endif
+}