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Promote -v and -q option to standard option displayed by -h #4623
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#4619 (comment)
One more thing, not a few beginners mistakenly try to show its version by -v flag. They will get:
zstd -v
*** Zstandard CLI (64-bit) v1.5.7, by Yann Collet ***
stdin is a console, aborting
This "unknown" behavior must be described by -h.
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-h should display how to use -v and -q like the other competing commands (e.g. gzip).
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Who on earth cares?
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See #4455 (comment) for the output of each command.
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[-]Promote -q option to standard option displayed by -h[/-][+]Promote -v and -q option to standard option displayed by -h[/+]tats-u commentedon Mar 22, 2026
@Cyan4973
As you pointed out, I think
-vshould be promoted, too. Generally speaking,-vmeans--versionexcept for compression/decompression commands likezstd. Not a few users will try-vonce. It deserved to be promoted. Whether a certain option deserves to be promoted depends on whether it exists in-hof many other competing commands (e.g.gzip).tats-u commentedon Mar 22, 2026
I will submit the following Copilot slop if you approve on this promotion:
-q/-vflags to-hbasic help display tats-u/zstd#1