# git version 4 messages from 2005-09-15 to 2005-09-15. Participants: David Kågedal, A Large Angry SCM. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1809 ## David Kågedal, 2005-09-15 13:47 Subject: git version Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/u5tzmqeqw6z.fsf%40lysator.liu.se ``` 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. -- David Kågedal ``` ## A Large Angry SCM, 2005-09-15 14:31 Subject: Re: git version Message-ID: <432985A7.5070900@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/432985A7.5070900%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` David Kågedal wrote: > 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. > Consistency with other (non Git) commands was why I suggested the "--version" form when the discussion happened. ``` ## David Kågedal, 2005-09-15 15:22 Subject: Re: git version Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/u5tslw6qrtu.fsf%40lysator.liu.se In-Reply-To: <432985A7.5070900@gmail.com> ``` A Large Angry SCM writes: > David Kågedal wrote: >> 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. >> > > Consistency with other (non Git) commands was why I suggested the > "--version" form when the discussion happened. You mean, like, "cvs version"? Actually, cvs has both, with different semantics. -- David Kågedal ``` ## A Large Angry SCM, 2005-09-15 16:02 Subject: Re: git version Message-ID: <43299B1E.1050407@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/43299B1E.1050407%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` David Kågedal wrote: > A Large Angry SCM writes: > >>David Kågedal wrote: >>>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. >>> >>Consistency with other (non Git) commands was why I suggested the >>"--version" form when the discussion happened. > > You mean, like, "cvs version"? > > Actually, cvs has both, with different semantics. More along the lines of *ALL* the GNU utilities. ```