diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ecd66713..29357e44 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 *~
 oef
-VERSION
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9803244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0-2-g0a8ccce