How to check sbt version

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How do I check which version of sbt I m running   I have the bash file set up that uses sbt-launch jar  and it works  but        sbt version   only shows the  project version   0 1  and       sbt --version   does nothing

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sbt sbtVersion   This prints the sbt version used in your current project  or if it is a multi-module project for each module     sbt  inspect sbtVersion   info  Set current project to jacek  in build file  Users jacek    info  Setting  java lang String   0 13 1  info  Description   info   Provides the version of sbt   This setting should be not be modified   info  Provided by   info       sbtVersion  info  Defined at   info    sbt Defaults  Defaults scala 68  info  Delegates   info     sbtVersion  info         sbtVersion  info       sbtVersion  info  Related   info       sbtVersion   You may also want to use sbt about that  copying Mark Harrah s comment       The about command was added recently to try to succinctly print the   most relevant information  including the sbt version

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In SBT 0 13 and above  you can use the sbtVersion task  as pointed out by  steffen  or about command  as pointed out by  mark-harrah   There s a difference how the sbtVersion task works in and outside a SBT project  When in a SBT project  sbtVersion displays the version of SBT used by the project and its subprojects     sbt sbtVersion  info  Loading global plugins from  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  info  Updating  file  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  global-plugins     info  Resolving org fusesource jansi jansi 1 4      info  Done updating   info  Loading project definition from  Users jacek oss scalania project  info  Set current project to scalania  in build file  Users jacek oss scalania    info  exercises   sbtVersion  info   0 13 1-RC5  info  scalania   sbtVersion  info   0 13 1-RC5   It s set in project build properties   jacek   oss scalania   cat project build properties sbt version 0 13 1-RC5   The same task executed outside a SBT project shows the current version of the executable itself   jacek     sbt sbtVersion  info  Loading global plugins from  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  info  Updating  file  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  global-plugins     info  Resolving org fusesource jansi jansi 1 4      info  Done updating   info  Set current project to jacek  in build file  Users jacek    info  0 13 0   When you re outside  the about command seems to be a better fit as it shows the sbt version as well as Scala s and available plugins   jacek     sbt about  info  Loading global plugins from  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  info  Set current project to jacek  in build file  Users jacek    info  This is sbt 0 13 0  info  The current project is  file  Users jacek  jacek 0 1-SNAPSHOT  info  The current project is built against Scala 2 10 2  info  Available Plugins  com typesafe sbt SbtGit  com typesafe sbt SbtProguard  growl GrowlingTests  org sbtidea SbtIdeaPlugin  com timushev sbt updates UpdatesPlugin  info  sbt  sbt plugins  and build definitions are using Scala 2 10 2   You may want to run  help about  to read its documentation   jacek     sbt  help about   info  Loading global plugins from  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  info  Set current project to jacek  in build file  Users jacek   Displays basic information about sbt and the build    For the sbtVersion setting  the inspect command can help     sbt  inspect sbtVersion   info  Loading global plugins from  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  info  Set current project to jacek  in build file  Users jacek    info  Setting  java lang String   0 13 0  info  Description   info   Provides the version of sbt   This setting should be not be modified   info  Provided by   info       sbtVersion  info  Defined at   info    sbt Defaults  Defaults scala 67  info  Delegates   info     sbtVersion  info         sbtVersion  info       sbtVersion  info  Related   info       sbtVersion   The version setting that people seem to expect to inspect to know the SBT version is to set The version revision of the current module     sbt  inspect version   info  Loading global plugins from  Users jacek  sbt 0 13 plugins  info  Set current project to jacek  in build file  Users jacek    info  Setting  java lang String   0 1-SNAPSHOT  info  Description   info   The version revision of the current module   info  Provided by   info       version  info  Defined at   info    sbt Defaults  Defaults scala 102  info  Reverse dependencies   info     projectId  info     isSnapshot  info  Delegates   info     version  info         version  info       version  info  Related   info       version   When used in a SBT project the tasks settings may show different outputs

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sbt about then enter to get SBT version

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run sbt console then type sbtVersion to check sbt version  and scalaVersion for scala version

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You can use sbt about   Example       C  Users smala sbt about      info  Set current project to smala  in build file  C  Users smala        info  This is sbt 0 13 6      info  The current project is  file  C  Users smala  smala 0 1-SNAPSHOT      info  The current project is built against Scala 2 10 4      info  Available Plugins  sbt plugins IvyPlugin  sbt plugins JvmPlugin    sbt plugins CorePlugin  sbt plugins JUnitXmlReportPlugin      info  sbt  sbt plugins  and build definitions are using Scala 2 10 4

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From within the sbt shell   sbt venkat gt  about  info  This is sbt 1 3 3

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Doing sbt sbt-version led to some error as   error  Not a valid command  sbt-version  similar  writeSbtVersion  session   error  Not a valid project ID  sbt-version  error  Expected      error  Not a valid key  sbt-version  similar  sbtVersion  version  sbtBinaryVersion   error  sbt-version  error                 As you can see the hint similar  sbtVersion  version  sbtBinaryVersion  all of them work but the correct one is generated by sbt sbtVersion

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Running the command   sbt sbt-version  will simply output your current directory and the version number     sbt sbt-version  info  Set current project to spark  in build file  home morgan code spark    info  0 13 8

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