diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ff426c..84ae43e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ Fetches artifacts from the given release version. If the version is not
 specified, the latest version is chosen using [semver](http://semver.org)
 semantics.
 
+Also creates the following files:
+
+* `tag` containing the git tag name of the release being fetched.
+* `version` containing the version determined by the git tag of the release being fetched.
+
 #### Parameters
 
 * `globs`: *Optional.* A list of globs for files that will be downloaded from
diff --git a/check_command.go b/check_command.go
index ae6cb83..4731e93 100644
--- a/check_command.go
+++ b/check_command.go
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ func (r byVersion) Less(i, j int) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	first, err := semver.New(dropLeadingAlpha(*r[i].TagName))
+	first, err := semver.New(determineVersionFromTag(*r[i].TagName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	second, err := semver.New(dropLeadingAlpha(*r[j].TagName))
+	second, err := semver.New(determineVersionFromTag(*r[j].TagName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/in_command.go b/in_command.go
index 9da0ec4..0d15631 100644
--- a/in_command.go
+++ b/in_command.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -58,6 +59,19 @@ func (c *InCommand) Run(destDir string, request InRequest) (InResponse, error) {
 		return InResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("could not find release with tag: %s", request.Version.Tag)
 	}
 
+	tagPath := filepath.Join(destDir, "tag")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(tagPath, []byte(*foundRelease.TagName), 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return InResponse{}, err
+	}
+
+	version := determineVersionFromTag(*foundRelease.TagName)
+	versionPath := filepath.Join(destDir, "version")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(versionPath, []byte(version), 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return InResponse{}, err
+	}
+
 	assets, err := c.github.ListReleaseAssets(foundRelease)
 	if err != nil {
 		return InResponse{}, err
diff --git a/in_command_test.go b/in_command_test.go
index 8cc0473..668ace8 100644
--- a/in_command_test.go
+++ b/in_command_test.go
@@ -236,6 +236,26 @@ var _ = Describe("In Command", func() {
 				))
 			})
 
+			It("stores git tag in a file", func() {
+				_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(destDir, "tag"))
+				Ω(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+				tag, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(destDir, "tag"))
+				Ω(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+				Ω(string(tag)).Should(Equal("v0.35.0"))
+			})
+
+			It("stores version in a file", func() {
+				_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(destDir, "version"))
+				Ω(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+				version, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(destDir, "version"))
+				Ω(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+				Ω(string(version)).Should(Equal("0.35.0"))
+			})
+
 			It("fetches from the latest release", func() {
 				_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(destDir, "example.txt"))
 				Ω(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
diff --git a/strings.go b/strings.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fe9025f..0000000
--- a/strings.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package resource
-
-import "unicode"
-
-func dropLeadingAlpha(s string) string {
-	for i, r := range s {
-		if !unicode.IsLetter(r) {
-			return s[i:]
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ""
-}
diff --git a/versions.go b/versions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47d3448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package resource
+
+import "regexp"
+
+// determineVersionFromTag converts git tags v1.2.3 into semver 1.2.3 values
+func determineVersionFromTag(tag string) string {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile("v?([^v].*)")
+	matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(tag)
+	return matches[1]
+}