diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 8edb196a..aa493506 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ sed --in-place "s/\(return \)\"[^\"]*\"/\1\"${TAG#v}\"/" ./version.go
 
 git checkout -b release/${TAG} master
 git add -u
-git commit -m "Release $TAG"
+git commit -m "Release $TAG (release.sh)"
 git push origin release/${TAG}
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e537172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package redis
+
+// Version is the current release version.
+func Version() string {
+	return "0.0.0"
+}