git/Documentation/git-version.txt

git-version(1)
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NAME
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git-version - Display version information about Git

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git version' [--build-options]

DESCRIPTION
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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
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--build-options::
	Include additional information about how git was built for diagnostic
	purposes.

GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite