From b9d643358ac66b685780d34892fb0729712d8f28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eri Bastos <bastos.eri@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 17:55:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Skip checking for password file existence if command is
 'version' - Issue #1632

---
 cmd/restic/main.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/restic/main.go b/cmd/restic/main.go
index d1f9c5547..44b74afbd 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/main.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/main.go
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ directories in an encrypted repository stored on different backends.
 	SilenceUsage:      true,
 	DisableAutoGenTag: true,
 
-	PersistentPreRunE: func(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
+	PersistentPreRunE: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		// parse extended options
 		opts, err := options.Parse(globalOptions.Options)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		globalOptions.extended = opts
-
+		if c.Name() == "version" {
+			return nil
+		}
 		pwd, err := resolvePassword(globalOptions, "RESTIC_PASSWORD")
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Resolving password failed: %v\n", err)