A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> 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 - 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 01:28:21 2005
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