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Re: [PATCH] Fix 'git help help'

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Aug 22, 2008, 04:40 UTC
Message-ID
<200808220640.10993.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<1219328508-11561-1-git-send-email-vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Le jeudi 21 août 2008, Miklos Vajna a écrit :
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> git help foo invokes man git-foo if foo is a git command, otherwise it
> invokes man gitfoo. 'help' is not a git command, but the manual page is
> called git-help, so add this special exception.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Acked-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
> ---
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 04:51:11AM +0200, Christian Couder 
<chriscool@tuxfamily.org> wrote:
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> > 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.
>
> Here is a patch for 'maint'.
It works fine.

Thanks, Christian.

Previous: Miklos VajnaNext: Kevin Ballard
Message 12 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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