From: Petr Baudis Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:51:24 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] Another way to provide help details. (was Re: [PATCH] Add help details to git help command.) Message-ID: <20050419015124.GW5554@pasky.ji.cz> In-Reply-To: <200504181940.54453.elenstev@mesatop.com> Dear diary, on Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 03:40:54AM CEST, I got a letter where Steven Cole told me that... > Here is perhaps a better way to provide detailed help for each > git command. A command.help file for each command can be > written in the style of a man page. I don't like it. I think the 'help' command should serve primarily as a quick reference, which does not blend so well with a manual page - it's too long and too convoluted by repeated output. I'd just print the top comment from each file. :-) -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. -- Steve Taylor