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--version::
Prints the Git suite version that the 'git' program came from.
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+This option is internally 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