From 14d92b76eb7bcec1fb4d424823c6176adecae0d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eruis2579 <joewartson757@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:35:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Read build.properties in --version handler to ensure
 version is available (#8717)

Ensure build_props_sbt_version is read when handling --version flag,
matching the behavior in the batch file and fixing potential CI test failures.
---
 sbt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sbt b/sbt
index 9b1b87186..396e12102 100755
--- a/sbt
+++ b/sbt
@@ -912,6 +912,9 @@ fi
 # Handle --version before native client so it works on sbt 2.x project dirs (#8717)
 if [[ $print_version ]]; then
   detect_working_directory
+  if [[ -n "$is_this_dir_sbt" ]] && [[ -f ./project/build.properties ]]; then
+    loadPropFile ./project/build.properties
+  fi
   if [[ -n "$is_this_dir_sbt" ]] && [[ -n "$build_props_sbt_version" ]]; then
     echo "sbt version in this project: $build_props_sbt_version"
   fi