diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b19276..8bd2217 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #   E-Mail address: openglfreak@googlemail.com
 #   PGP key fingerprint: 0535 3830 2F11 C888 9032 FAD2 7C95 CD70 C9E8 438D
 
-/.version
 /obj/.version
 /obj/version.h
 /obj/version.res
diff --git a/.version b/.version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3266f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.version
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+major_version=2
+minor_version=0
+patch_version=0