diff --git a/cat.c b/cat.c
index e3562cb..784b32c 100644
--- a/cat.c
+++ b/cat.c
@@ -5,17 +5,15 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include<sys/stat.h>
 #include<string.h>
-#include<windows.h>
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
-
     if(argc==1) {
 read_from_stdin();
 return 0;
 }
 if(strcmp(argv[1],"-v")==0)
      {
-        printf("patricus utils, version %s",version);
+        printf("patricus utils, version %s",VERSION);
         return 0;
 }
 for(int meowing=1;meowing<argc;meowing++){
diff --git a/cmpsize.c b/cmpsize.c
index 479c45e..ded6180 100644
--- a/cmpsize.c
+++ b/cmpsize.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         return 1;
     }        
     else if(strcmp("-v", argv[1]) == 0) {
-        printf("patricus utils, version %s", version);
+        printf("patricus utils, version %s", VERSION);
         return 0;
     }       
     else if(argc == 2) {
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c52b376..ca8012e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-project('patricus utils', 'c', version: '3.4')
+project('patricus utils', 'c', 'cpp', version: '4.0', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++20'])
 
-# Get the short git commit hash
-git_hash = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD', check: true).stdout().strip()
+branch_name = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD', check: true).stdout().strip()
+if branch_name.startswith('stable/')
+  full_version = meson.project_version()
+else
+  git_hash = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD', check: true).stdout().strip()
+  full_version = '@0@(@1@)'.format(meson.project_version(), git_hash)
+endif
 
-# Combine version and hash
-full_version = '@0@(@1@)'.format(meson.project_version(), git_hash)
-
-# Generate header
 conf = configuration_data()
-conf.set('version', '"@0@"'.format(full_version))
+conf.set('VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(full_version))
 
 configure_file(
   output: 'version.h',
@@ -16,4 +17,5 @@ configure_file(
 )
 
 executable('cat', ['cat.c', 'stdin.c'], include_directories: '.')
-executable('cmpsize', ['cmpsize.c', 'bytes.c'], include_directories: '.')
+executable('cmpsize', ['cmpsize.c', 'bytes.c'])
+executable('nuke', ['nuke.cpp'], include_directories: '.')
diff --git a/nuke.cpp b/nuke.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9567a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nuke.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include<version.h>
+#include<string>
+#include<filesystem>
+#include<iostream>
+using namespace std;
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+for(int i=1;i<argc;i++){
+if (string(argv[i]) == "-v")
+{
+cout<<"patricus utils, version "+string(VERSION);
+return 0;
+}
+    if(!filesystem::exists(argv[i]))
+{
+cerr<<"error, no such file or directory";
+return 1;
+}
+try
+{
+filesystem::remove_all(argv[i]);
+}
+catch(std::filesystem::filesystem_error){
+    cout<<"error: permission denied";
+}
+}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 49d5957..0000000
--- a/version.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.1
diff --git a/version.hcode b/version.hcode
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e45084..0000000
--- a/version.hcode
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.1 meow.c