From b330fa5e79d87686fa718b8e627b98ceeb546256 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mhogomchungu <mhogomchungu@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:58:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add an option to print only version info

---
 qjs.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qjs.c b/qjs.c
index 939e151d4..2879f8114 100644
--- a/qjs.c
+++ b/qjs.c
@@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 help();
                 continue;
             }
+            if (opt == 'v' || !strcmp(longopt, "version")) {
+                printf("QuickJS-ng version %s\n",JS_GetVersion());
+                return 0;
+            }
             if (opt == 'e' || !strcmp(longopt, "eval")) {
                 if (!optarg) {
                     if (optind >= argc) {

From 246242772e281e54f99e869c3d6bf62fdcea8621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mhogomchungu <mhogomchungu@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 19:49:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Return correct exit status when a user asks for a list of
 options

---
 qjs.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qjs.c b/qjs.c
index 2879f8114..66561e5f3 100644
--- a/qjs.c
+++ b/qjs.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static const JSMallocFunctions mi_mf = {
 
 #define PROG_NAME "qjs"
 
-void help(void)
+void help(int exit_status)
 {
     printf("QuickJS-ng version %s\n"
            "usage: " PROG_NAME " [options] [file [args]]\n"
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void help(void)
            "    --memory-limit n       limit the memory usage to 'n' Kbytes\n"
            "    --stack-size n         limit the stack size to 'n' Kbytes\n"
            "-q  --quit         just instantiate the interpreter and quit\n", JS_GetVersion());
-    exit(1);
+    exit(exit_status);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -465,8 +465,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                     optarg = arg;
             }
             if (opt == 'h' || opt == '?' || !strcmp(longopt, "help")) {
-                help();
-                continue;
+                help(0);
             }
             if (opt == 'v' || !strcmp(longopt, "version")) {
                 printf("QuickJS-ng version %s\n",JS_GetVersion());
@@ -587,12 +586,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             } else {
                 fprintf(stderr, "qjs: unknown option '--%s'\n", longopt);
             }
-            help();
+            help(1);
         }
     }
 
     if (compile_file && !out)
-        help();
+        help(1);
 
 start:
 

From 0d9c3786d0244fe43384e420d0ea66fb07bb79f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mhogomchungu <mhogomchungu@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 23:56:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Only print version string when asked for version info

---
 qjs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/qjs.c b/qjs.c
index 66561e5f3..6419b78a4 100644
--- a/qjs.c
+++ b/qjs.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 help(0);
             }
             if (opt == 'v' || !strcmp(longopt, "version")) {
-                printf("QuickJS-ng version %s\n",JS_GetVersion());
+                printf("%s\n",JS_GetVersion());
                 return 0;
             }
             if (opt == 'e' || !strcmp(longopt, "eval")) {

From 80efe435c469f1f7595454f6fd74c8192945b7c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mhogomchungu <mhogomchungu@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 00:02:44 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Add documentation in the help menu on how to get version
 info

---
 qjs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/qjs.c b/qjs.c
index 6419b78a4..bdf8d2d45 100644
--- a/qjs.c
+++ b/qjs.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ void help(int exit_status)
     printf("QuickJS-ng version %s\n"
            "usage: " PROG_NAME " [options] [file [args]]\n"
            "-h  --help         list options\n"
+           "-v  --version      print version string and then exit\n"
            "-e  --eval EXPR    evaluate EXPR\n"
            "-i  --interactive  go to interactive mode\n"
            "-C  --script       load as JS classic script (default=autodetect)\n"