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+// The version package provides a location to set the release versions for all
+// packages to consume, without creating import cycles.
+//
+// This pckage should not import any other terraform packages.
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	version "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
+)
+
+// The main version number that is being run at the moment.
+const Version = "0.10.8"
+
+// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
+// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
+// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
+var Prerelease = "dev"
+
+// SemVersion is an instance of version.Version. This has the secondary
+// benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a
+// proper semantic version, which should always be the case.
+var SemVersion = version.Must(version.NewVersion(Version))
+
+// Header is the header name used to send the current terraform version
+// in http requests.
+const Header = "Terraform-Version"
+
+// String returns the complete version string, including prerelease
+func String() string {
+	if prerelase != "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", version, prerelease)
+	}
+	return version
+}