thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/include/git2/common.h b/include/git2/common.h
index ba54ce4..58cb1f2 100644
--- a/include/git2/common.h
+++ b/include/git2/common.h
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ typedef struct {
 
 GIT_EXTERN(void) git_strarray_free(git_strarray *array);
 
+/**
+ * Return the version of the libgit2 library
+ * being currently used.
+ *
+ * @param major Store the major version number
+ * @param minor Store the minor version number
+ * @param rev Store the revision (patch) number
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_libgit2_version(int *major, int *minor, int *rev);
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 #endif
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 560c40d..f36cce5 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 #define GIT__NO_HIDE_MALLOC
+#include <git2.h>
 #include "common.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+void git_libgit2_version(int *major, int *minor, int *rev)
+{
+	*major = LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR;
+	*minor = LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR;
+	*rev = LIBGIT2_VER_REVISION;
+}
+
 void git_strarray_free(git_strarray *array)
 {
 	size_t i;