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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlReceived on Fri Sep 16 00:31:50 2005
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