diff --git a/commandline.go b/commandline.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c352c0ce3b2eacf02a2d576b5dfeab8c59fd0c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commandline.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
+)
+
+var (
+	arguments *commandLineOptions
+)
+
+type commandLineOptions struct {
+	Path     string `short:"p" long:"path" description:"path to the file"`
+	Selector string `short:"s" long:"selector" description:"selector of data"`
+	Null     bool   `short:"0" long:"null" description:"terminate with null byte"`
+	Git      bool   `short:"g" long:"git" description:"read from git"`
+
+	Major struct {
+	} `command:"major" description:"increase the major version"`
+	Minor struct {
+	} `command:"minor" description:"increase the minor version"`
+	Patch struct {
+	} `command:"patch" description:"increase the patch version"`
+	Init struct {
+	} `command:"init" description:"init new version"`
+}
+
+func increasePatch() (string, error) {
+	version, err := getVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	next := version.IncPatch()
+	return next.String(), nil
+}
+
+func increaseMinor() (string, error) {
+	version, err := getVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	next := version.IncMinor()
+	return next.String(), nil
+
+}
+
+func increaseMajor() (string, error) {
+	version, err := getVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	next := version.IncMajor()
+	return next.String(), nil
+}
+
+func executeCommand() {
+
+	arguments = new(commandLineOptions)
+	p := flags.NewParser(arguments, flags.Default)
+
+	_, err := p.Parse()
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+
+	activeCommand := p.Command.Active
+
+	if activeCommand == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var newVersion string
+
+	switch activeCommand.Name {
+	case "init":
+		newVersion = "0.1.0"
+	case "major":
+		newVersion, err = increaseMajor()
+	case "minor":
+		newVersion, err = increaseMinor()
+	case "patch":
+		newVersion, err = increasePatch()
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+
+	err = writeVersion(newVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/data/version.json b/data/version.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c4777499565efc8da81904d7a51db2441bf8499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/version.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "entry": {
+    "id": "1",
+    "title": "Entry 1",
+    "meta": {
+      "created": "2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+      "updated": "2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+      "version": "1.0.22"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/data/version.yaml b/data/version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..107f558b44cccfa926e27fd2dc938883546c21f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+entry:
+    id: 1
+    title: Entry 1
+    meta:
+        created: "2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
+        updated: "2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
+        version: 1.0.13
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..81938f1738c0e1a17bfb4f870e9562cab5800668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+var (
+	timeoutError         = fmt.Errorf("timeout")
+	noActiveCommandError = fmt.Errorf("no command active command")
+	notImplementedError  = fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+	missingSelector      = fmt.Errorf("missing selector")
+	noSemverError        = fmt.Errorf("no semver")
+	notFoundError        = fmt.Errorf("not found")
+	multipleFoundError   = fmt.Errorf("multiple found")
+)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01bd28af507ff9c6ea31a57cb884fcbc8e243b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module gitlab.schukai.com/oss/utilities/version
+
+go 1.18
+
+require (
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0
+	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0
+	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.1
+	github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath v0.3.2
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.4.16 // indirect
+	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20210428141323-04723f9f07d7 // indirect
+	github.com/acomagu/bufpipe v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/dprotaso/go-yit v0.0.0-20191028211022-135eb7262960 // indirect
+	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
+	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
+	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v0.0.0-20201106050909-4977a11b4351 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210326060303-6b1517762897 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210502180810-71e4cd670f79 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..62d18b3a9588fee93af24b72729d289b37a81231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..af3ac4ca7fbacb612cee2ff7dacf47ba794e8fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/text/language"
+	"golang.org/x/text/message"
+)
+
+// Wird beim Bauen per
+// -ldflags "-X main.version=$app_version -X main.build=$(due --iso-8601 | tr -d "-" )"
+// gesetzt
+var (
+	version string
+	build   string
+	printer *message.Printer
+)
+
+var cliLanguages = []language.Tag{
+	language.English, // en fallback
+	language.German,  // de
+
+}
+
+var matcher = language.NewMatcher(cliLanguages)
+
+var userPrefs = []language.Tag{
+	language.Make(os.Getenv("LANG")),
+	language.Make("en"),
+}
+
+func main() {
+	executeCommand()
+}
diff --git a/version b/version
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..056189e8d337655b03427edf37e2d198559e0d01
Binary files /dev/null and b/version differ
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..468622bcf0c363ac70e9333e19448fc295740eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
+
+	"github.com/tidwall/sjson"
+
+	"github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath/pkg/yamlpath"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
+)
+
+var (
+	content     []byte
+	currentType string
+	currentYaml yaml.Node
+	permissions os.FileMode
+)
+
+func readFileAndInitPermissions() error {
+	fileStats, err := os.Stat(arguments.Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	permissions = fileStats.Mode().Perm()
+
+	content, err = os.ReadFile(arguments.Path)
+	return err
+}
+
+func getFromJson() (string, error) {
+
+	err := readFileAndInitPermissions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	value := gjson.Get(string(content), arguments.Selector)
+
+	if value.Type == gjson.Null {
+		return "", notFoundError
+	}
+
+	if t := value.Type; t != gjson.String {
+		return "", noSemverError
+	}
+
+	return value.String(), nil
+}
+
+func getFromYaml() (string, error) {
+
+	err := readFileAndInitPermissions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var node yaml.Node
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(content, &node); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	currentYaml = node
+
+	path, err := yamlpath.NewPath(arguments.Selector)
+	results, err := path.Find(&node)
+
+	if results == nil || len(results) == 0 {
+		return "", notFoundError
+	}
+
+	if len(results) > 1 {
+		return "", multipleFoundError
+	}
+
+	result := results[0]
+	return result.Value, nil
+
+}
+
+func getVersionFromGit() (string, error) {
+
+	path, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	repo, err := git.PlainOpen(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	tagrefs, err := repo.Tags()
+
+	currentVersion, _ := semver.NewVersion("0.1.0")
+
+	err = tagrefs.ForEach(func(t *plumbing.Reference) error {
+
+		version, err := semver.NewVersion(t.Name().Short())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if version.GreaterThan(currentVersion) {
+			currentVersion = version
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return currentVersion.String(), nil
+}
+
+func readVersion() (string, error) {
+
+	if arguments.Git {
+		return getVersionFromGit()
+
+	} else if arguments.Path != "" {
+
+		if arguments.Selector == "" {
+			return "", missingSelector
+		}
+
+		ext := filepath.Ext(arguments.Path)
+		switch ext {
+		case ".json":
+			currentType = "json"
+			return getFromJson()
+		case ".yaml":
+			currentType = "yaml"
+			return getFromYaml()
+		default:
+			return "", notImplementedError
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return readVersionFromStdIn()
+
+}
+
+func readVersionFromStdIn() (string, error) {
+
+	version := ""
+
+	inChannel := make(chan string)
+	errChannel := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	defer close(inChannel)
+	defer close(errChannel)
+
+	go func(c chan string, e chan error) {
+
+		reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+		for {
+			s, err := reader.ReadBytes('\n')
+			if err != nil {
+				e <- err
+				return
+			}
+			c <- string(s)
+		}
+
+	}(inChannel, errChannel)
+
+loop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case error := <-errChannel:
+			fmt.Println("error:", error)
+			return version, error
+
+		case v := <-inChannel:
+			version += v
+			break loop
+
+		case <-time.After(1 * time.Minute):
+			return version, timeoutError
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return version, nil
+}
+
+func getVersion() (*semver.Version, error) {
+
+	v, err := readVersion()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return &semver.Version{}, err
+	}
+
+	v = strings.TrimSpace(v)
+	return semver.NewVersion(v)
+
+}
+
+func writeVersionToJson(version string) error {
+	result, err := sjson.Set(string(content), arguments.Selector, version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(arguments.Path, []byte(result), permissions)
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func writeVersionToYaml(version string) error {
+
+	path, err := yamlpath.NewPath(arguments.Selector)
+	results, err := path.Find(&currentYaml)
+
+	results[0].Value = version
+
+	//results.Value = version
+	fmt.Println(results)
+
+	result, err := yaml.Marshal(&currentYaml)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(arguments.Path, []byte(result), permissions)
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func writeVersion(version string) error {
+
+	if currentType == "json" {
+		return writeVersionToJson(version)
+	} else if currentType == "yaml" {
+		return writeVersionToYaml(version)
+	}
+
+	if arguments.Path == "" {
+		if arguments.Null {
+			version += string(rune(0))
+			fmt.Printf("%s", version)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf(version)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/version.iml b/version.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..49df094a939bad91c791b0986d7e479bcc496640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="Go" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file