{"thread":{"id":"65162","subject":"[PATCH] doc: make it easier to find custom command information","startedAt":"2026-03-07T17:08:05Z","lastAt":"2026-03-07T17:08:05Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Omri Sarig via GitGitGadget"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"538178","messageId":"pull.2225.git.git.1772903281929.gitgitgadget@gmail.com","threadId":"65162","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] doc: make it easier to find custom command information","fromName":"Omri Sarig via GitGitGadget","fromEmail":"gitgitgadget@gmail.com","sentAt":"2026-03-07T17:08:01Z","receivedAt":"2026-03-07T17:08:05Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"omri.sarig13@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42355507?v=4"},"body":"From: Omri Sarig <omri.sarig13@gmail.com>\n\nGit supports creating additional commands through aliases, and through\nplacement of executables with a \"git-\" prefix in the PATH.\n\nThis information was not easy enough to find - users will look for this\ninformation around the command description, but the documentation\nexists in other locations.\n\nUpdate the \"GIT COMMANDS\" section to reference the relevant sections,\nmaking it easier for to find this information.\n\nSigned-off-by: Omri Sarig <omri.sarig13@gmail.com>\n---\n    doc: Make it easier to find custom command information\n    \n    Hi,\n    \n    Following the discussion on\n    https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqh5qwdaeh.fsf@gitster.g/#related, I've\n    added the suggested documentation.\n    \n    The only change I made is updating linkgit:gitconfig[1] to be\n    linkgit:git-config[1], which I believe is the correct form for that.\n    \n    With Kind Regards, Omri\n\nPublished-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2225%2Fomrisarig13%2Fbreadcrumb-custom-commands-v1\nFetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2225/omrisarig13/breadcrumb-custom-commands-v1\nPull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2225\n\n Documentation/git.adoc | 5 ++++-\n 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git.adoc b/Documentation/git.adoc\nindex 66442735ea..4e800c409e 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git.adoc\n+++ b/Documentation/git.adoc\n@@ -235,7 +235,10 @@ GIT COMMANDS\n ------------\n \n We divide Git into high level (\"porcelain\") commands and low level\n-(\"plumbing\") commands.\n+(\"plumbing\") commands.  For defining command aliases, see\n+linkgit:git-config[1] and look for descriptions of `alias.*`.\n+For installing custom \"git\" subcommands, see the description for\n+the 'PATH' environment variable in this manual.\n \n High-level commands (porcelain)\n -------------------------------\n\nbase-commit: 795c338de725e13bd361214c6b768019fc45a2c1\n-- \ngitgitgadget\n"}]}