Versioner is a tool that can be used to increment the version in a VERSION file (file containing the version number of you application). You can choose the update the major, minor or patch number and all other parts are updated according to SEMVER 2.0.

Each release on Github contains a pre-compiled PHAR file that can be used.

Usage:

php versioner.phar increment [VERSION filename]

You can use the --part option with the value major, minor or patch to indicate which part needs to be updated, by default the minor number is updated.