Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/blender-v2.90-release'

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
index 6ea113d8828..231cd0e53c5 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ extern "C" {
 /** User readable version string. */
 const char *BKE_blender_version_string(void);
 
+/* Returns true when version cycle is alpha, otherwise (beta, rc) returns false. */
+bool BKE_blender_version_is_alpha(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blender.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blender.c
index e8aa13a8beb..af502d30145 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blender.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/blender.c
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ const char *BKE_blender_version_string(void)
   return blender_version_string;
 }
 
+bool BKE_blender_version_is_alpha(void)
+{
+  static bool is_alpha = STREQ(STRINGIFY(BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE), "alpha");
+  return is_alpha;
+}
+
 void BKE_blender_globals_init(void)
 {
   blender_version_init();