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diff --git a/Documentation/git-version.txt b/Documentation/git-version.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..80fa7754a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-version.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +git-version(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +git-version - Display version information about Git + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git version' [--build-options] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +With no options given, the version of 'git' is printed on the standard output. + +Note that `git --version` is identical to `git version` because the +former is internally converted into the latter. + +OPTIONS +------- +--build-options:: + Include additional information about how git was built for diagnostic + purposes. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index e4b82599fc..abace9eac2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ OPTIONS ------- --version:: Prints the Git suite version that the 'git' program came from. ++ +This option is internaly converted to `git version ...` and accepts +the same options as the linkgit:git-version[1] command. If `--help` is +also given, it takes precedence over `--version`. --help:: Prints the synopsis and a list of the most commonly used |