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+// Copyright 2015 The Xorm Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package xorm
+
+// Version is the current xorm version.
+const Version = "v1.3.8"