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[BUG] Error: unknown option: --command-text #1907

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Description

fastfetch --command-text 'testing'
Error: unknown option: --command-text

This worked in previous versions. Haven't seen any breaking changes in the README for this?

Version used

2.50.1

Bug prevalence

Always

Regression

Yes

Installation

GitHub Releases

Package manager

brew

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Configuration

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