Merge branch 'mh/fetch-into-shallow'

[~andy/git] / help.c

diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 1dfa0b05827e6e75dc463092b2838cd1c991623c..02ba043319932411e90121d4147f25395782dfb5 100644 (file)
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 
 int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+       /*
+        * The format of this string should be kept stable for compatibility
+        * with external projects that rely on the output of "git version".
+        */
        printf("git version %s\n", git_version_string);
        return 0;
 }