From 8ced903d617c85f3288182c95a2e29b7166fbc55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matteo Briani <47302999+matteo-briani@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:24:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for the "--version" linker argument (#16154)

closes #15549

Co-authored-by: Matteo Briani <matteo.briani@icvox.com>
---
 src/main.zig | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index e7cd48a3da..22d2d075d1 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -2211,6 +2211,9 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                         fatal("unable to parse /version '{s}': {s}", .{ arg, @errorName(err) });
                     };
                     have_version = true;
+                } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--version")) {
+                    try std.io.getStdOut().writeAll("zig ld " ++ build_options.version ++ "\n");
+                    process.exit(0);
                 } else {
                     fatal("unsupported linker arg: {s}", .{arg});
                 }