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From
David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
Date
Sep 15, 2005, 13:47 UTC
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Why is "git --version" called so, and not "git version"? It works just like any other command, except that it is implemented internally 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.

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