[nongnu] elpa/devil 12f783f2da 1/3: Reinstate variable devil-version

[ELPA Syncer]

branch: elpa/devil
commit 12f783f2da8d489db1bb12020e3a35f1c4891d5a
Author: Susam Pal <susam@susam.net>
Commit: Susam Pal <susam@susam.net>

    Reinstate variable devil-version
---
 CHANGES.org | 4 ++++
 devil.el    | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.org b/CHANGES.org
index b2414f69ff..d47694c9be 100644
--- a/CHANGES.org
+++ b/CHANGES.org
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
 - Function =devil-set-key= to set a new Devil key and update the
   mode's keymap.
+- Reinstate variable =devil-version= since it is useful in determining
+  the source version conveniently.  It helps during troubleshooting
+  the package when installed from MELPA which sets the package version
+  to a version derived from the current date and time.
 
 *** Changed
 
diff --git a/devil.el b/devil.el
index 5380c24847..795530db95 100644
--- a/devil.el
+++ b/devil.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Susam Pal <susam@susam.net>
 ;; Maintainer: Susam Pal <susam@susam.net>
-;; Version: 0.5.0.pre1
+;; Version: 0.5.0-beta1
 ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.4"))
 ;; Keywords: convenience, abbrev
 ;; URL: https://github.com/susam/devil
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
   :prefix "devil-"
   :group 'editing)
 
+(defconst devil-version "0.5.0-beta1"
+  "Devil version string.")
+
 (defvar devil-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)
   "Keymap for Devil mode.