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Display version information about Git

Synopsis

git version [--build-options]

Description

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

--build-options

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

The libraries used to implement the SHA-1 and SHA-256 algorithms are displayed in the form SHA-1: <option> and SHA-256: <option>​. Note that the SHA-1 options SHA1_APPLE, SHA1_OPENSSL, and SHA1_BLK do not use a collision detection algorithm and thus may be vulnerable to known SHA-1 collision attacks​. When a faster SHA-1 implementation without collision detection is used for only non-cryptographic purposes, the algorithm is displayed in the form non-collision-detecting-SHA-1: <option>​.

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09/28/2026 Git 2.56.0 Git Manual