diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
index da6cd8d2f..00974e36c 100644
--- a/cli/README.md
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ accent-cli reads from a `accent.json` file. The file should contain valid JSON r
 {
   "apiUrl": "http://your.accent.instance",
   "apiKey": "2nziVSaa8yUJxLkwoZA",
+  "version": {
+    "branchVersionPrefix": "release/"
+  }
   "files": [
     {
       "format": "json",
@@ -65,6 +68,10 @@ Available ENV variables. (Each variable will override `accent.json` variables if
 - `ACCENT_API_URL`: Api Key to your Accent Instance
 - `ACCENT_PROJECT`: Your Project uuid
 
+Version object configuration
+
+- `branchVersionPrefix`: The Git branch prefix use to extract the file version
+
 Each operation section `sync` and `addTranslations` can contain the following object:
 
 - `language`: The identifier of the document’s language
@@ -130,6 +137,18 @@ Here is a list of available hooks. Those are self-explanatory
 - `beforeExport`
 - `afterExport`
 
+## Version
+
+Version can be extracted from the current Git branch name.
+
+```
+  "version": {
+    "branchVersionPrefix": "release/"
+  }
+```
+
+Naming a branch `release/v1.0.0` will cause the `sync` and `stats` CLI commands to be invoked as if `--version=1.0.0` had been specified.
+
 # Commands
 <!-- commands -->
 * [`accent export`](#accent-export)
@@ -323,7 +342,6 @@ In this example the translations will be synchronized daily at midnight eastern
 # License
 
 `accent-cli` is © 2019 [Mirego](http://www.mirego.com) and may be freely distributed under the [New BSD license](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).  See the [`LICENSE.md`](https://github.com/mirego/accent-cli/blob/master/LICENSE.md) file.
-
 # About Mirego
 
 [Mirego](http://mirego.com) is a team of passionate people who believe that work is a place where you can innovate and have fun. We’re a team of [talented people](http://life.mirego.com) who imagine and build beautiful Web and mobile applications. We come together to share ideas and [change the world](http://mirego.org).
diff --git a/cli/examples/simple/accent.json b/cli/examples/simple/accent.json
index 521492d56..3276ea730 100644
--- a/cli/examples/simple/accent.json
+++ b/cli/examples/simple/accent.json
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
       "source": "localization.json",
       "target": "%document_path%.json"
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "version": {
+    "branchVersionPrefix": "release/"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/stats.ts b/cli/src/commands/stats.ts
index c78f28d18..21f6d54c9 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/stats.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/stats.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export default class Stats extends Command {
   async run() {
     const {flags} = this.parse(Stats);
 
+    if (this.projectConfig.config.version?.tag && !flags.version) {
+      flags.version = this.projectConfig.config.version.tag;
+    }
+
     if (flags.version) {
       const config = this.projectConfig.config;
       const fetcher = new ProjectFetcher();
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/sync.ts b/cli/src/commands/sync.ts
index 0cef76c79..066e0ee64 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/sync.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/sync.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ export default class Sync extends Command {
     const t0 = process.hrtime.bigint();
     const documents = this.projectConfig.files();
 
+    if (this.projectConfig.config.version?.tag && !flags.version) {
+      flags.version = this.config.version;
+    }
+
     // From all the documentConfigs, do the sync or peek operations and log the results.
     const syncFormatter = new SyncFormatter();
     syncFormatter.log(this.project!, flags);
diff --git a/cli/src/services/config.ts b/cli/src/services/config.ts
index 40d434980..6b8d77b7a 100644
--- a/cli/src/services/config.ts
+++ b/cli/src/services/config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Vendor
 import {error} from '@oclif/errors';
+import {execSync} from 'child_process';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
-
 // Services
 import Document from './document';
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export default class ConfigFetcher {
     this.config.apiKey = process.env.ACCENT_API_KEY || this.config.apiKey;
     this.config.apiUrl = process.env.ACCENT_API_URL || this.config.apiUrl;
     this.config.project = process.env.ACCENT_PROJECT || this.config.project;
+
     this.warnings = [];
 
     if (!this.config.apiKey) {
@@ -37,6 +38,18 @@ export default class ConfigFetcher {
       error('You must have at least 1 document set in your config');
     }
 
+    if (
+      this.config.version?.branchVersionPrefix &&
+      this.getCurrentBranchName().startsWith(
+        this.config.version?.branchVersionPrefix
+      )
+    ) {
+      this.config.version.tag = this.extractVersionFromBranch(
+        this.getCurrentBranchName(),
+        this.config.version?.branchVersionPrefix
+      );
+    }
+
     const sameFolderPathWarning: Set<string> = new Set();
 
     this.config.files.forEach((documentConfig) => {
@@ -71,4 +84,21 @@ Only your master language should be listed in your files config.`
   private sourceFolderPath(source: string) {
     return source.replace(path.basename(source), '');
   }
+
+  private getCurrentBranchName() {
+    try {
+      return execSync('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD')
+        .toString('utf8')
+        .replace(/[\n\r\s]+$/, '');
+    } catch {
+      return '';
+    }
+  }
+
+  private extractVersionFromBranch(
+    branchName: string,
+    gitBranchVersionMatch: string
+  ): string {
+    return branchName.replace(gitBranchVersionMatch, '');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/services/project-fetcher.ts b/cli/src/services/project-fetcher.ts
index e7b99ab7f..9cb45677e 100644
--- a/cli/src/services/project-fetcher.ts
+++ b/cli/src/services/project-fetcher.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class ProjectFetcher {
   }
 
   private async graphql(config: Config, params: object) {
-    const query = `query ProjectDetails($project_id: ID! $version_id: ID) {
+    const query = `query ProjectDetails($project_id: ID! $versionId: ID) {
       viewer {
         user {
           fullname
diff --git a/cli/src/types/config.ts b/cli/src/types/config.ts
index baea47441..7d804ea8e 100644
--- a/cli/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/cli/src/types/config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 // Types
 import {DocumentConfig} from './document-config';
+import {VersionConfig} from './version-config';
 
 export interface Config {
   apiUrl: string;
   apiKey: string;
-  project: string | null | undefined;
+  project?: string | null;
+  version?: VersionConfig;
   files: DocumentConfig[];
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/types/version-config.ts b/cli/src/types/version-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3ff488d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/types/version-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export interface VersionConfig {
+  branchVersionPrefix?: string;
+  tag?: string;
+}