From patchwork Tue Oct 9 11:59:09 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Rasmus Villemoes X-Patchwork-Id: 10632395 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D52A15E8 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:59:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CBE28C68 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:59:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 041B728C63; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:59:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD9528C63 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726752AbeJITP5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:15:57 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f68.google.com ([209.85.208.68]:42348 "EHLO mail-ed1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726160AbeJITP4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:15:56 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f68.google.com with SMTP id b7-v6so1411241edd.9 for ; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:59:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rasmusvillemoes.dk; s=google; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mXGHWts2tzbQBWlUDVia1WYR/2XPpluy62HqaMTtBCs=; b=aMpW1f4r4RzXy0QcD1oHfqwsEq/RVwh5bj4nZ8O7PmqcfJZjfRO3aZ5YW4DrhvfE3p xem81R1Ur9VrM7raIsqSZqNUJ0Q3dOb5VmlU40krwOPaFqTR+XVNKwCKzau2FNamQ516 4pf89QRFRqA0/Hxe+hTktm/A8ItK74pvWYziI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mXGHWts2tzbQBWlUDVia1WYR/2XPpluy62HqaMTtBCs=; b=ZS8jWy54Y+ar0+wZ1LljtlrcuNn9JCouW+Xe1DAiKv4DBvErRowsW4fglbFeQWJMfD LIIVqAV6JX8ib7okhP7ckW8DeVHQJIj27Ki33PyVMBQkmHmc5Y7bsfPrm4k5pUTHX6cd Fbl+7FhUtYMksvcoqn0yL/wHid5Y0E7/rYGyE6CCI76bLgfgyKbYNKi+PcoxJm3jBnrz w4lf2e57YEsslaQ5G/lq8wQ6k7bjmpnbsd+GLoISL9E4NCdbqsTBdoqC42TmXJzN0MsU 800fcqyjO12L0plYx/fFbcB9+ePsoiFeuRyTlbEbru1BPm5uu3aiaM21JFMUVMx7ccPa Ybuw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoi9NKFarl8krkLwxvlWSC/IB1vdg8A/UktrHzlSkOAZQ/aus/UN udcXE+up+Pe0vGYUYpRz29UpOmoJynM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV60dfI6P1QxK+hrvX88xzxJ6kSlFgJ72ToLXuTZOuUed4Pn3FIj5Cuw5rwA1VxJ3f6ng/7KOfg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:6b88:: with SMTP id l8-v6mr27095057ejr.154.1539086357709; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:59:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from prevas-ravi.vestasvisitor.net ([193.47.71.171]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o4-v6sm3522556ejx.30.2018.10.09.04.59.16 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:59:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Rasmus Villemoes To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jeff King , Junio C Hamano , Duy Nguyen , Taylor Blau , Rasmus Villemoes Subject: [PATCH v4 3/3] git-help.txt: document "git help cmd" vs "git cmd --help" for aliases Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 13:59:09 +0200 Message-Id: <20181009115909.16648-4-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.19.1.4.g721af0fda3 In-Reply-To: <20181009115909.16648-1-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> References: <20181003114242.9858-1-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <20181009115909.16648-1-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP This documents the existing behaviour of "git help cmd" when cmd is an alias, as well as providing a hint to use the "git cmd --help" form to be taken directly to the man page for the aliased command. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes --- Documentation/git-help.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 83d25d825a..86a6b42345 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ guide is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this can be overridden by other options or configuration variables. +If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on +standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use +`git COMMAND --help`. + Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the former is internally converted into the latter.