diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2004-2008, David Himmelstrup
+Copyright (c) 2009, Robin Green
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms,
+with or without modification, are permitted provided
+that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain
+      the above copyright notice, this list of
+      conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce
+      the above copyright notice, this list of
+      conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+      documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Robin Green nor the
+      names of other contributors may be used to
+      endorse or promote products derived from this
+      software without specific prior written permission.
+
+
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+OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main = defaultMain
diff --git a/System/Console/GetOpt/Skeleton.hs b/System/Console/GetOpt/Skeleton.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+module System.Console.GetOpt.Skeleton where
+
+import Data.Monoid                        ( Last(..), Monoid(..) )
+import Distribution.Version               ( Version )
+import System.Console.GetOpt              ( OptDescr (..), getOpt', ArgOrder (..) )
+import System.Console.GetOpt.StandardOpts ( printHelp, printVersion, StandardFlag(..) )
+import System.Environment                 ( getProgName )
+import System.Exit                        ( exitWith, ExitCode (..) )
+import Data.Maybe                         ( fromJust, isJust )
+
+-- | *basic* command-line argument parsing - you may wish to write your own parseArgs, based on
+-- the source code of this one.
+parseArgs :: Version -> [OptDescr a] -> ([a] -> b) -> (b -> Maybe StandardFlag) -> [String] -> IO b
+parseArgs progVersion globalOptions postProcess findStandard args =
+  do
+      progName <- getProgName
+      let pHelp = printHelp progName globalOptions
+      case getOpt' RequireOrder globalOptions args of
+          (flags, _, _, []) | isJust (findStandard $ postProcess flags) -> do
+              case fromJust (findStandard $ postProcess flags) of
+                  HelpFlag -> pHelp
+                  VersionFlag -> printVersion progName progVersion
+              exitWith ExitSuccess
+          (flags, [], _, []) -> return $ postProcess flags
+          (_, _, _, errs) -> do putStrLn "Errors when parsing command-line arguments:"
+                                mapM_ putStrLn errs
+                                pHelp
+                                exitWith $ ExitFailure 1
+
+-- | Special version of parseArgs for monoids
+mParseArgs :: Monoid b => Version -> [OptDescr (b -> b)] -> (b -> Last StandardFlag) -> [String] -> IO b
+mParseArgs progVersion globalOptions getStandard = parseArgs progVersion globalOptions (foldr id mempty) $ getLast . getStandard
diff --git a/System/Console/GetOpt/StandardOpts.hs b/System/Console/GetOpt/StandardOpts.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+module System.Console.GetOpt.StandardOpts where
+
+import Control.Applicative    ( (<$>) )
+import Distribution.Text      ( display )
+import Distribution.Version   ( Version )
+import System.Console.GetOpt  ( ArgDescr (..), OptDescr (..), usageInfo )
+
+data StandardFlag = HelpFlag | VersionFlag
+
+standardOptions :: [OptDescr StandardFlag]
+standardOptions = [ Option "h?" ["help"] (NoArg HelpFlag) "Show this help text"
+                  , Option "v" ["version"] (NoArg VersionFlag) "Show the version number of this program"
+                  ]
+
+-- These instances should be moved to the main GetOpt module
+instance Functor ArgDescr where
+    fmap f (NoArg x) = NoArg $ f x
+    fmap f (ReqArg p s) = ReqArg (f . p) s
+    fmap f (OptArg p s) = OptArg (f . p) s
+
+instance Functor OptDescr where
+    fmap f (Option short long ad desc) = Option short long (f <$> ad) desc
+
+stdOpts :: (StandardFlag -> a) -> [OptDescr a]
+stdOpts f = (f <$>) <$> standardOptions
+
+printHelp :: String -> [OptDescr a] -> IO ()
+printHelp progName = putStrLn . usageInfo ("Usage" ++ progName ++ " [FLAGS]\n")
+
+printVersion :: String -> Version -> IO ()
+printVersion name version = putStrLn $ name ++ ' ' : display version
diff --git a/hskeleton.cabal b/hskeleton.cabal
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+Name:          hskeleton
+Version:       0.1
+Cabal-version: >= 1.6
+License:       BSD3
+License-file:  LICENSE
+Maintainer:    Robin Green <greenrd@greenrd.org>
+Build-type:    Simple
+Copyright:     see LICENSE
+Category:      Console
+Synopsis:      Skeleton for new Haskell programs
+Description:   Currently, this just handles --help and --version arguments for you.
+               In future, it may do more.
+Bug-reports:   mailto:greenrd@greenrd.org
+Stability:     experimental
+Tested-with:   GHC == 6.10.2
+
+Source-repository head
+    Type:      darcs
+    Location:  http://patch-tag.com/publicrepos/hskeleton
+
+Library
+    Build-depends:   base, Cabal >= 1.6
+    Exposed-modules: System.Console.GetOpt.Skeleton, System.Console.GetOpt.StandardOpts
+    GHC-options:     -Wall