deno --version prints the version, but deno -v does not.

[davidgilbertson]

After squinting at the help screen I see that it's a capital V required when typing -V, so this isn't really a bug. But I imagine I'm not the only one who will type -v and get an error.

[startewho]

OPTIONS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-L, --log-level Set log level [possible values: debug, info]
-q, --quiet Suppress diagnostic output
-V, --version Prints version information

seems a little confused

[frencojobs]

@davidgilbertson is right. Is there any specific reason why capital V is used? -v is more user friendly and preferable than -V.

[kevinkassimo]

@davidgilbertson is right. Is there any specific reason why capital V is used? -v is more user friendly and preferable than -V.

This was intentional. -v might be confusing since it also can mean --verbose if we were to ever add this flag.

[frencojobs]

Ok, then I think this is no longer an issue since it was intentional. Someone close the issue, please.

[waldyrious]

This was intentional. -v might be confusing since it also can mean --verbose if we were to ever add this flag.

@kevinkassimo Isn't a --verbose flag unlikely, given that there's --log-level already? I just bumped into this and had the same question/expectation as @davidgilbertson and @frencojobs.

FWIW, lowercase -v is associated with both --version and --verbose in the Linux Documentation Project's Standard Command-Line Options, and in The Art of Unix Programming's Command-Line Options (though the latter also offers uppercase -V for --version).

[dsherret]

Deno 1.44+ supports the lowercase -v flag.