tor

commit 508837b62bcb31afbba711ec3dd7b7c18630d604
parent 5a22b42c3a01ad8d99e977cfd9efa760438129e9
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:54:01 -0500

Document the output of --version

Closes 28889

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changes/document_version
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doc/tor.1.txt
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2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/changes/document_version b/changes/document_version
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+  o Documentation:
+    - Document the exact output of "tor --version". Closes ticket 28889.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
     future version. (This is a warning, not a promise.)
 
 [[opt-version]] **--version**::
-    Display Tor version and exit.
+    Display Tor version and exit. The output is a line of the format,
+    "Tor version [version number]."
 
 [[opt-quiet]] **--quiet**|**--hush**::
     Override the default console log.  By default, Tor starts out logging