How can I find out what version of git I m running

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I m trying to follow some tutorials to learn how to use Git but some of the instructions are for specific versions   Is there a command that I can use find out what version I have installed

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which git  amp  gt   dev null      echo  gt  amp 2  I require git but it s not installed   Aborting    exit 1    echo  Git is installed     That will echo  Git is installed  if it is  otherwise  it ll echo an error message  You can use this for scripts that use git  It s also customizable  so you can change  which git  to  which java  or something  and change the error message

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git --version git version 1 7 3 4   git help and man git both hint at the available arguments you can pass to the command-line tool

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In a command prompt     git --version

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Or even just  git version   Results in something like     git version 1 8 3 msysgit 0

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If you re using the command-line tools  running git --version should give you the version number

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