feat(cli): deprecate version command in favor of --version flag by chrisqiqiu · Pull Request #3206 · apache/iceberg-python
Closes #3160
Rationale for this change
The pyiceberg version subcommand is non-standard. Most CLI tools use --version instead.
This PR adds --version via Click's built-in click.version_option() and deprecates the
old version subcommand with a visible warning message, following the project's deprecation
conventions.
Note: I chose removed_in="1.0.0" to match the existing deprecation in the REST catalog
(see pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py), but happy to adjust if a different version is preferred.
Are these changes tested?
Yes. Added two new tests:
test_version_flag— verifiespyiceberg --versionworks correctlytest_version_command_emits_deprecation_warning— verifies the old command still works but emits aDeprecationWarningand prints a visible deprecation notice to stderr
Updated the existing test_version_does_not_load_catalog to account for the deprecation warning.

Are there any user-facing changes?
Yes:
pyiceberg --versionis now availablepyiceberg versionstill works but prints a deprecation warning- Help text updated to reflect the deprecation
