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Re: git help broken

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Aug 21, 2008, 02:51 UTC
Message-ID
<200808210451.12795.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
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<20080801144121.GU32057@genesis.frugalware.org>
Le vendredi 1 août 2008, Miklos Vajna a écrit :
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 06:28:52AM +0200, Christian Couder 
<chriscool@tuxfamily.org> wrote:
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> > I didn't realize that the function "is_git_command" would not work
> > for "help".
>
> Is there any reason why help is not a builtin? I think that would solve
> the problem.
>
> I'm willing to do such a patch, I just asked in case that would be
> no-go for some - for me - unknown reason.
Sorry I didn't answer before. I was really busy during my vacation ;-P

I think you are right, and in "next" where your patch has been merged, "git help help" works fine.

But unfortunately it seems that your patch hasn't been merged into master, so "git help help" is still broken there and in git 1.6.0.

Thanks, Christian.

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Message 10 of 13 in “git help broken”
  1. Kevin BallardJul 30, 2008
  2. builtin-help: always load_command_list() in cmd_help()Miklos Vajna, Jul 30, 2008
  3. Kevin BallardJul 30, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 30, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 30, 2008
  6. Miklos VajnaJul 31, 2008
  7. Christian CouderAug 1, 2008
  8. Miklos VajnaAug 1, 2008
  9. Builtin git-help.Miklos Vajna, Aug 2, 2008
  10. Christian CouderAug 21, 2008
  11. Fix 'git help help'Miklos Vajna, Aug 21, 2008
  12. Christian CouderAug 22, 2008
  13. Kevin BallardJul 30, 2008

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