check for version early

diff --git a/id-release b/id-release
index 331d63a..244633a 100755 (executable)
--- a/id-release
+++ b/id-release
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ usage () {
 }
 
 ######################################################################
+case $1 in
+  [0-9]* ) version=$1 ;;
+       * ) usage ;;
+esac
+
 if [ -e "pom.xml" ]; then
     java=true
 else
@@ -35,11 +40,6 @@ else
     package=`perl -ne 's/\s*$//; print if s/^NAME=//' IDMETA`
 fi
 
-case $1 in
-  [0-9]* ) version=$1 ;;
-       * ) usage ;;
-esac
-
 # configure new version
 perl -i.bak -npe "s,VERSION=.*,VERSION=$version," IDMETA