[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 3"""
 date="2016-07-11T16:52:33Z"
 content="""
git doesn't provide any command that outputs the repo version AFAIK, so
it's not a useful precedent.

Good point about --json. But, you can get the annex repo version 
in machine parsable format using `git config annex.version`
"""]]