From 2728ed58a333c3c985ba17df828ef716d995fd06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Cohen <outlawandy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:29:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add --version Option to bin/bump_version script + custom
 banner

---
 bin/bump_version | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/bump_version b/bin/bump_version
index e4c06217..983ca409 100755
--- a/bin/bump_version
+++ b/bin/bump_version
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class VersionBumper < Thor::Group
   class_exclusive do
     class_option :patch, type: :boolean, lazy_default: false, desc: 'Bump patch version instead of minor version'
     class_option :major, type: :boolean, lazy_default: false, desc: 'Bump major version instead of minor version'
+    class_option :version, type: :string, desc: 'Bump to a specific version (overrides patch and major options)'
   end
 
   source_root File.expand_path('../', __FILE__)
@@ -43,18 +44,19 @@ class VersionBumper < Thor::Group
 
   def new_version_string
     @new_version_string ||= begin
-      nv = current_version.bump
-      nv = nv.bump if options[:major]
+      nv = current_version
+      nv = nv.bump unless options.version?
+      nv = nv.bump if options.major?
       nv.segments.fill(0, nv.segments.size, 3 - nv.segments.size).join('.')
     end
   end
 
   def current_version
     Gem::Version.new(
-      if options[:patch]
+      if options.patch?
         RolemodelRails::VERSION + '.0'
       else
-        RolemodelRails::VERSION
+        options[:version] || RolemodelRails::VERSION
       end
     )
   end
@@ -64,6 +66,16 @@ class VersionBumper < Thor::Group
       run "#{Gem.bin_path("bundler", "bundle")} install --quiet"
     end
   end
+
+  class << self
+    def banner
+      <<~BANNER
+        bin/bump_version [--patch|--major|--version VERSION]
+      BANNER
+    end
+
+    def desc = 'Advance the gem version, build the gem, and update example apps'
+  end
 end
 
 VersionBumper.start(ARGV)

From 267a4d9c6ac2dba381f686b2220c20ddd87161e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Cohen <outlawandy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:40:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] clean up

---
 bin/bump_version | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/bump_version b/bin/bump_version
index 983ca409..3ba1ca6c 100755
--- a/bin/bump_version
+++ b/bin/bump_version
@@ -68,13 +68,8 @@ class VersionBumper < Thor::Group
   end
 
   class << self
-    def banner
-      <<~BANNER
-        bin/bump_version [--patch|--major|--version VERSION]
-      BANNER
-    end
-
-    def desc = 'Advance the gem version, build the gem, and update example apps'
+    def banner = 'bin/bump_version [--patch|--major|--version VERSION]'
+    def desc = 'Update Gem Version & Sync Example Apps'
   end
 end