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+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cli
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("newVersionCmd", func() {
+	var c CLI
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		c = CLI{
+			version:     "1.0.0",
+			commandName: "myapp",
+		}
+	})
+
+	It("should have the correct command name and usage message", func() {
+		cmd := c.newVersionCmd()
+		Expect(cmd.Use).To(Equal("version"))
+		Expect(cmd.Short).To(Equal("Print the myapp version"))
+		Expect(cmd.Long).To(Equal("Print the myapp version"))
+		Expect(cmd.Example).To(Equal("myapp version"))
+	})
+})