v0.13.0-beta releases break --version/-v flag

[geota]

Terraform Version

v0.13.0-beta2

$ terraform version
Terraform v0.13.0-beta2

$ terraform --version
Error parsing command-line flags: flag provided but not defined: -version

$ terraform -v
Error parsing command-line flags: flag provided but not defined: -v

Terraform Configuration Files

n/a

Debug Output

$ terraform version
Terraform v0.13.0-beta2

$ terraform --version
Error parsing command-line flags: flag provided but not defined: -version

$ terraform -v
Error parsing command-line flags: flag provided but not defined: -v

Crash Output

Error parsing command-line flags: flag provided but not defined: -v

Expected Behavior

The version number should be printed like in 0.12

Actual Behavior

Terraform errors out.

Steps to Reproduce

Please list the full steps required to reproduce the issue, for example:

1. Install terraform v0.12.26 release
2. Confirm terraform -v, terraform --version , and terraform version are working as expected
3. Install terraform v0.13.0-beta2 release
4. See terraform -v and terraform --version are broken
5. See terraform version is working as expected

Additional Context

In terraform 0.13 series, it broke the --version/-v flag. Oddly enough terraform version works. Even the instructions for this bug report instruct the user to use terraform -v.

Looks related to adding -json support to the version argument. Hopefully, this can be implemented in a backward-compatible way. I can take a stab at doing so.

References

#25252

[apparentlymart]

Hi @geota,

This seems to be describing the same issue as #25276, so I'm going to close this one to consolidate discussion over there. Thanks for reporting it!

[geota]

Thanks! No worries, I tried to find an existing issue but searching for terraform version bug brought up a ton of issues :)

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