Please describe the problem.
"git annex help" says to run "git-annex command --help", but doing so reports unrecognized option.
What steps will reproduce the problem?
15:25:14 -0500 adam@tooz:/tmp$ git annex help The most frequently used git-annex commands are: init initialize git-annex add add files to annex drop indicate content of files not currently wanted get make content of annexed files available move move content of files to/from another repository copy copy content of files to/from another repository sync synchronize local repository with remotes whereis lists repositories that have file content fsck check for problems
Run 'git-annex' for a complete command list. Run 'git-annex command --help' for help on a specific command. Run `git annex help options' for a list of common options.
15:26:27 -0500 adam@tooz:/tmp$ git annex add --help git-annex: unrecognized option `--help'
Usage: git-annex add [PATH ...] [option ...] --include-dotfiles don't skip dotfiles
To see additional options common to all commands, run: git annex help options
What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
git-annex version: 5.20141125 build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA CryptoHash key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external
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You are using a version of git-annex from 2014! You really ought to upgrade. The current version has rather a lot of changes, including, it happens, a fix for this small bug. Lots of other much larger bugs, including at least one security hole, have also been fixed since 2014..