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NAME
bk version − print BitKeeper version

SYNOPSIS
bk version
[−s] [URL]

DESCRIPTION
The bk version command shows what version of BitKeeper you are running. If the version is symbolically named (most are), the version will look like:

BitKeeper version is bk-3.0.4 20031218201658 for x86-glibc22-linux
Built by: [email protected] in /build/3.0.x-lm/src
Built on: Thu Dec 18 17:32:47 PST 2003

The version output for a development snapshot looks like:

BitKeeper version is bk-7.0.2+20@0x56afec8c-dirty for x86-glibc23-linux
Built by: [email protected] in /home/bk/lm/bugfix-release/src
Built on: Mon Feb 01 2016 16:11:16 PST (18 seconds ago)

The version is generated by bk describe, see that command for how to read it.

If a URL is specified, then get the version of bk running at that URL.

OPTIONS
−s
Print just the version number (either “3.0.4” or “20040211171546”).

NOTE
BitKeeper Inc provides support for symbolically-tagged version only. The snapshot versions are completely unsupported.

SEE ALSO
bk-describe

CATEGORY
Admin
Common


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