The kubectl version output is very complex and makes it hard for users
and vendors to give actionable information. For example during the
recent Kubernetes 1.4.3 TLS security scramble I had to write a one-liner
for users to get out the version number to give to figure out if they
are vulnerable:
$ kubectl version | grep -i Server | sed -n 's%.*GitVersion:"\([^"]*\).*%\1%p'
Instead this patch outputs simply output with `--short`
./kubectl version --short
Client Version: v1.4.3
Server Version: v1.4.3
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