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[PATCH] Provide a 'git help user-manual' route to the docbook

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Feb 15, 2014, 13:51 UTC
Message-ID
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Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
---
 Documentation/Makefile           |  1 +
 Documentation/gituser-manual.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 builtin/help.c                   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/gituser-manual.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index fc6b2cf..657523f 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ MAN7_TXT += gitnamespaces.txt
 MAN7_TXT += gitrevisions.txt
 MAN7_TXT += gittutorial-2.txt
 MAN7_TXT += gittutorial.txt
+MAN7_TXT += gituser-manual.txt
 MAN7_TXT += gitworkflows.txt
 
 MAN_TXT = $(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT)
diff --git a/Documentation/gituser-manual.txt b/Documentation/gituser-manual.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fd4744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gituser-manual.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+gituser-manual(7)
+=================
+
+NAME
+----
+gituser-manual - a link to the user-manual docbook
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git help user-manual'
+
+link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
+unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
+and full access to internals.
+
+The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] provides an
+in-depth introduction to Git.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:gittutorial[7],
+linkgit:giteveryday[7],
+linkgit:gitcli[7],
+linkgit:gitworkflows[7]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 1fdefeb..be7c39d 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "modules", N_("Defining submodule properties") },
 	{ "revisions", N_("Specifying revisions and ranges for Git") },
 	{ "tutorial", N_("A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)") },
+	{ "user-manual", N_("A link to the user-manual docbook") },
 	{ "workflows", N_("An overview of recommended workflows with Git") },
 };
 
-- 
1.8.3.msysgit.0
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