From df951f481deb25e77e3402e57c01e2afdddc7eaf 2011-10-25 19:37:41
From: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
Date: 2011-10-25 19:37:41
Subject: [PATCH] restore '-V' cmdline option for printing version

Preserves compatibility with pre-0.11 call, which was broken unnecessarily.

closes gh-926

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diff --git a/IPython/config/application.py b/IPython/config/application.py
index 90607ee..e080094 100644
--- a/IPython/config/application.py
+++ b/IPython/config/application.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class Application(SingletonConfigurable):
             self.print_examples()
             self.exit(0)
 
-        if '--version' in argv:
+        if '--version' in argv or '-V' in argv:
             self.print_version()
             self.exit(0)