phpvms/app/Console/Commands/Version.php

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use App\Console\BaseCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;

class Version extends BaseCommand
{
    protected $signature = 'phpvms:version {--write} {--base-only}';

    /**
     * Create the version number that gets written out
     */
    protected function createVersionNumber($cfg)
    {
        exec($cfg['git']['git-local'], $version);
        $version = substr($version[0], 0, $cfg['build']['length']);

        # prefix with the date in YYMMDD format
        $date = date('ymd');

        $version = $date.'-'.$version;

        return $version;
    }

    /**
     * Run dev related commands
     * @throws \Symfony\Component\Yaml\Exception\ParseException
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $version_file = config_path('version.yml');
        $cfg = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents($version_file));

        if($this->option('write')) {
            $version = $this->createVersionNumber($cfg);
            $cfg['build']['number'] = $version;
            file_put_contents($version_file, Yaml::dump($cfg, 4, 2));
        }

        # Only show the major.minor.patch version
        if($this->option('base-only')) {
            $version = 'v'.$cfg['current']['major'] . '.'
                       .$cfg['current']['minor'] . '.'
                       .$cfg['current']['patch'];

            print $version;
        } else {
            $this->call('version:show', [
                '--format' => 'compact',
                '--suppress-app-name' => true
            ]);
        }
    }
}