git-version (1) - Linux Manuals

git-version: Display version information about Git

Command to display git-version manual in Linux: $ man 1 git-version

git-version - Display version information about Git

git version [--build-options]

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.

--build-options

: Include additional information about how git was built for diagnostic purposes.

Part of the git(1) suite