newt - Clone current blinky with "newt new".
diff --git a/newt/cli/project_cmds.go b/newt/cli/project_cmds.go
index 7bf03b7..abe7e3d 100644
--- a/newt/cli/project_cmds.go
+++ b/newt/cli/project_cmds.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/newt/downloader"
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/newt/interfaces"
+	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/newt/newtutil"
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/newt/project"
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/util"
 )
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
 	dl.User = "apache"
 	dl.Repo = "incubator-mynewt-blinky"
 
-	dir, err := dl.DownloadRepo("mynewt_0_8_0_b2_tag")
+	dir, err := dl.DownloadRepo(newtutil.NewtBlinkyTag)
 	if err != nil {
 		NewtUsage(cmd, err)
 	}
diff --git a/newt/newt.go b/newt/newt.go
index a39b80f..30105fa 100644
--- a/newt/newt.go
+++ b/newt/newt.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/newt/cli"
+	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/newt/newtutil"
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/util"
 )
 
-var NewtVersionStr string = "Apache Newt (incubating) version: 0.9.0"
 var NewtLogLevel log.Level
 var newtSilent bool
 var newtQuiet bool
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 		Long:    versHelpText,
 		Example: versHelpEx,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Printf("%s\n", NewtVersionStr)
+			fmt.Printf("%s\n", newtutil.NewtVersionStr)
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
index 4fee488..0daa992 100644
--- a/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
+++ b/newt/newtutil/newtutil.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 	"mynewt.apache.org/newt/viper"
 )
 
+var NewtVersionStr string = "Apache Newt (incubating) version: 0.9.0"
+var NewtBlinkyTag string = "mynewt_0_9_0_tag"
+
 func GetStringFeatures(v *viper.Viper, features map[string]bool,
 	key string) string {
 	val := v.GetString(key)