Expose package.json version as property

[joeykilpatrick]

Would be nice if there was access to the package version like so:

const cli = meow(`
    ...
`, {
    importMeta: import.meta,
});

const version: string = cli.version;

I know cli.showVersion() is available, but it prints the string instead of returning it. Without this feature, the package.json must be parsed separately, which this package is already doing internally.

Alternatively, this package could expose the entire parsed package.json.

Would be more than happy to submit a PR.

[sindresorhus]

This is already available: cli.pkg

[tommy-mitchell]

@sindresorhus I think it could be worth adding something like a cli.pkgVersion. There’s been a few discussions about moving away from read-pkg-up or lazy parsing package.json when cli.pkg is first accessed for performance; having a quick access for the version number could be beneficial.

[sindresorhus]

How is cli.pkgVersion better than just cli.pkg.version when cli.pkg is lazy?

[tommy-mitchell]

You’re right, didn’t fully consider that.