> does not show a "version" option, and executing `splitter --version`
> fails.

Yes, the help doesn't show the version option. This was also the case with older
releases. Also --help itself doesn't appear. I've changed that with r388.

I have no idea why --version doesn't work with the  official version. It works
when I build from a fresh svn checkout.
@Steve: The official splitter.jar still doesn't contain splitter-version.properties .

Gerd