{"thread":{"id":"1809","subject":"git version","startedAt":"2005-09-15T13:47:48Z","lastAt":"2005-09-15T16:02:38Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["David Kågedal","A Large Angry SCM"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"8599","messageId":"u5tzmqeqw6z.fsf@lysator.liu.se","threadId":"1809","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git version","fromName":"David Kågedal","fromEmail":"davidk@lysator.liu.se","sentAt":"2005-09-15T13:47:48Z","receivedAt":"2005-09-15T13:47:48Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"davidk@lysator.liu.se","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/60530?v=4"},"body":"Why is \"git --version\" called so, and not \"git version\"?  It works\njust like any other command, except that it is implemented internally\nin the git script.\n\nThe \"git\" command takes a subcommand that does some action or simply\nprints some informational output.  The \"version\" subcommand fits\nnicely into that, and I don't see any need to prepend \"--\" to it.\n\n-- \nDavid Kågedal\n"},{"id":"8601","messageId":"432985A7.5070900@gmail.com","threadId":"1809","inReplyTo":"u5tzmqeqw6z.fsf@lysator.liu.se","subject":"Re: git version","fromName":"A Large Angry SCM","fromEmail":"gitzilla@gmail.com","sentAt":"2005-09-15T14:31:03Z","receivedAt":"2005-09-15T14:31:03Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitzilla@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/354625c442439908ff3dd99757dee330e29e9df7847472384faf7a00add247fb?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"David Kågedal wrote:\n> Why is \"git --version\" called so, and not \"git version\"?  It works\n> just like any other command, except that it is implemented internally\n> in the git script.\n> \n> The \"git\" command takes a subcommand that does some action or simply\n> prints some informational output.  The \"version\" subcommand fits\n> nicely into that, and I don't see any need to prepend \"--\" to it.\n> \n\nConsistency with other (non Git) commands was why I suggested the \n\"--version\" form when the discussion happened.\n"},{"id":"8605","messageId":"u5tslw6qrtu.fsf@lysator.liu.se","threadId":"1809","inReplyTo":"432985A7.5070900@gmail.com","subject":"Re: git version","fromName":"David Kågedal","fromEmail":"davidk@lysator.liu.se","sentAt":"2005-09-15T15:22:05Z","receivedAt":"2005-09-15T15:22:05Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"davidk@lysator.liu.se","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/60530?v=4"},"body":"A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:\n\n> David Kågedal wrote:\n>> Why is \"git --version\" called so, and not \"git version\"?  It works\n>> just like any other command, except that it is implemented internally\n>> in the git script.\n>> The \"git\" command takes a subcommand that does some action or simply\n>> prints some informational output.  The \"version\" subcommand fits\n>> nicely into that, and I don't see any need to prepend \"--\" to it.\n>>\n>\n> Consistency with other (non Git) commands was why I suggested the \n> \"--version\" form when the discussion happened.\n\nYou mean, like, \"cvs version\"?\n\nActually, cvs has both, with different semantics.\n\n-- \nDavid Kågedal\n"},{"id":"8607","messageId":"43299B1E.1050407@gmail.com","threadId":"1809","inReplyTo":"u5tslw6qrtu.fsf@lysator.liu.se","subject":"Re: git version","fromName":"A Large Angry SCM","fromEmail":"gitzilla@gmail.com","sentAt":"2005-09-15T16:02:38Z","receivedAt":"2005-09-15T16:02:38Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitzilla@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/354625c442439908ff3dd99757dee330e29e9df7847472384faf7a00add247fb?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"David Kågedal wrote:\n> A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:\n> \n>>David Kågedal wrote:\n>>>Why is \"git --version\" called so, and not \"git version\"?  It works\n>>>just like any other command, except that it is implemented internally\n>>>in the git script.\n>>>The \"git\" command takes a subcommand that does some action or simply\n>>>prints some informational output.  The \"version\" subcommand fits\n>>>nicely into that, and I don't see any need to prepend \"--\" to it.\n>>>\n>>Consistency with other (non Git) commands was why I suggested the \n>>\"--version\" form when the discussion happened.\n> \n> You mean, like, \"cvs version\"?\n> \n> Actually, cvs has both, with different semantics.\n\nMore along the lines of *ALL* the GNU utilities.\n"}]}