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From: A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git version
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David K=E5gedal wrote:
> A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:
>=20
>>David K=E5gedal wrote:
>>>Why is "git --version" called so, and not "git version"?  It works
>>>just like any other command, except that it is implemented internall=
y
>>>in the git script.
>>>The "git" command takes a subcommand that does some action or simply
>>>prints some informational output.  The "version" subcommand fits
>>>nicely into that, and I don't see any need to prepend "--" to it.
>>>
>>Consistency with other (non Git) commands was why I suggested the=20
>>"--version" form when the discussion happened.
>=20
> You mean, like, "cvs version"?
>=20
> Actually, cvs has both, with different semantics.

More along the lines of *ALL* the GNU utilities.