diff --git a/core/app.py b/core/app.py
index ce0ab6c..4ac6e00 100644
--- a/core/app.py
+++ b/core/app.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import re
 
 from . import file
 from . import textui
-from ..version import _revision
+from ..version import _version
 
 prefix = textui.prefix
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _print_help(main, help_texts, chapter=None, list_options=False):
 	# dirty as fuck :-)
 	if not chapter and not main.version is None:
 		if help_texts == _over_help_texts:
-			_output(">>> §yover.core§/ version §y%d§/ (%s), licensed under the §yAO-JSL§/" %_revision, newlines=2)
+			_output(">>> §yover.core§/ version §y%d§/ (%s), licensed under the §yAO-JSL§/" %_version, newlines=2)
 		else:
 			_output("§y%s§/ version §y%s§/, licensed under the §y%s§/" %(main.name, main.version, main.license), newlines=2)
 	
diff --git a/deploy-versioning.sh b/deploy-versioning.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dbf73da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy-versioning.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+echo "*.py filter=version" >> .git/info/attributes
+ln -fs ../version-tool.py .git/version-tool.py
+git config --local filter.version.clean "python3 ./.git/version-tool.py --clean"
+git config --local filter.version.smudge "python3 ./.git/version-tool.py --set \$(git rev-list HEAD --count) \$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
diff --git a/version-tool.py b/version-tool.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..77b5184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version-tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#! /bin/env python3
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+REPLACEMENT = "_version = (%s, '%s') # OVER_VERSION_IDENTIFIER"
+MARKER = "_version = \((\d+), '([0-9a-f]{8})'\) # OVER_VERSION_IDENTIFIER"
+SUBMARKER = 'OVER_VERSION_IDENTIFIER'
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	action = sys.argv[1]
+	data = (sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3][:8]) if action == "--set" else ('0', '00000000')
+	
+	for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
+		if SUBMARKER in line:
+			if re.match(MARKER, line):
+				line = re.sub(MARKER, REPLACEMENT %data, line)
+		
+		sys.stdout.write(line)
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 7f5fc19..91b177c 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #! /bin/env python3
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-_revision = (0, '00000000') # GIT_REVISION_IDENTIFIER
+_version = (0, '00000000') # OVER_VERSION_IDENTIFIER