@techtonik - welcome to IPython, we're really glad to have you participating, so I hope you don't discouraged by this bit of pushback on a feature. Part of the reason I'm questioning the need for this comes from what @ellisonbg wrote in hist posts about feature creep.

If printing __version__ is enough for you, this is something you can bake into your startup directory. Run this code to figure out how to get started:

In [2]: import os                                                                                                   |

In [3]: readme = os.path.join(get_ipython().profile_dir.location, 'startup', 'README')                              |

In [4]: !cat $readme                                                                                                |
This is the IPython startup directory

.py and .ipy files in this directory will be run *prior* to any code or files specified
via the exec_lines or exec_files configurables whenever you load this profile.

Files will be run in lexicographical order, so you can control the execution order of files
with a prefix, e.g.::

    00-first.py
    50-middle.py
    99-last.ipy

In [5]: readme

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