From: Julia Evans Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:29:24 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] [doc] Use `man git` to teach users how to navigate the docs Message-ID: <064ec9c5-d539-4d21-96a7-6ad0ead5a061@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: > The survey result that says the users are more familiar with "git > cmd --help" merely tells us that they are not taking full advantage > of what they are offered ;-). >> I think “git help cmd” is quite a bit more >> useful than “git cmd --help” because the former supports >> aliases, HTML formats, and various other documents. Viewing the HTML docs with `git help` does seem very useful, especially for folks who aren't as comfortable in the terminal. I had no idea you could do that. Perhaps we could mention `git help` like this: > `git push --help` or `git help push` for the full documentation and then advertise the superior features of `git help` like this (in the last sentence of the DESCRIPTION). > You can view an HTML version of the Git documentation at > https://git-scm.com/docs, or on your computer with `git help`, > for example `git help push --web`.