From cf8022c740a11f5fcf01b5e7bd93c522a1b78adc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cormac Shannon <>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:01:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Move _LUSH_VERSION global into luaopen_base alongside
 _VERSION

---
 lbaselib.c | 4 ++++
 lua.c      | 2 --
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lbaselib.c b/lbaselib.c
index 891bb90f..a9598b99 100644
--- a/lbaselib.c
+++ b/lbaselib.c
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ static const luaL_Reg base_funcs[] = {
   /* placeholders */
   {LUA_GNAME, NULL},
   {"_VERSION", NULL},
+  {"_LUSH_VERSION", NULL},
   {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -554,6 +555,9 @@ LUAMOD_API int luaopen_base (lua_State *L) {
   /* set global _VERSION */
   lua_pushliteral(L, LUA_VERSION);
   lua_setfield(L, -2, "_VERSION");
+  /* set global _LUSH_VERSION */
+  lua_pushliteral(L, LUSH_VERSION);
+  lua_setfield(L, -2, "_LUSH_VERSION");
   return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/lua.c b/lua.c
index 68bfc290..3d105917 100644
--- a/lua.c
+++ b/lua.c
@@ -834,8 +834,6 @@ static int pmain (lua_State *L) {
     lua_setfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, "LUA_NOENV");
   }
   luai_openlibs(L);  /* open standard libraries */
-  lua_pushstring(L, LUSH_VERSION);
-  lua_setglobal(L, "_LUSH_VERSION");
   createargtable(L, argv, argc, script);  /* create table 'arg' */
   lua_gc(L, LUA_GCRESTART);  /* start GC... */
   lua_gc(L, LUA_GCGEN);  /* ...in generational mode */