Allow to skip writing to the VERSION_FILE

README.md

@@ -111,7 +111,18 @@ If that isn't found, it assumes the current version is `0.0.0`.
 Alternatively you may use `patch`, `minor` and `major` as version.
 A bump of that level will take place.
 
-If the commands are run with version, that version will be used (no bumping).
+If the commands are run with version, that version will be used (no bumping):
+
+```sh
+git flow release start 1.1.0
+git flow hostfix start 1.1.2
+```
+
+You can avoid writing to the version-file by specifying in your `git-flow-hooks-config.sh`:
+
+```sh
+VERSION_WRITE=false
+```
 
 Bump messages
 -------------

modules/bump-version.sh

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
 fi
 
 VERSION_FILE=$(__get_version_file)
+
+if [[ $(__write_version) == false ]]; then
+    rm -f $VERSION_FILE
+fi
+
 VERSION=$($HOOKS_DIR/modules/semverbump.sh "$VERSION" "$VERSION_FILE" "$VERSION_SORT")
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

modules/functions.sh

@@ -55,3 +55,11 @@ function __is_binary {
 
     return 1
 }
+
+function __write_version {
+    if [ "${VERSION_WRITE}" == true ]; then
+        echo true
+    else
+        echo false
+    fi
+}

modules/git-flow-hooks-config.sh.dist

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ VERSION_BUMPLEVEL_HOTFIX="PATCH"
 VERSION_BUMPLEVEL_RELEASE="MINOR"
 VERSION_BUMP_MESSAGE="Bump version to %version%"
 VERSION_TAG_PLACEHOLDER="%tag%"
+VERSION_WRITE=true

modules/write-version.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+if [[ $(__write_version) == false ]]; then
+    return 0
+fi
+
 VERSION_FILE=$(__get_version_file)
 VERSION_PREFIX=$(git config --get gitflow.prefix.versiontag)