Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date: Aug 26, 2008, 19:11 UTC
Message-ID: <20080826191140.GA19785@mithlond.arda.local>
In-Reply-To: <20080826185548.GA7559@hera.kernel.org>

Al Viro wrote (2008-08-26 18:55 +0000):

> Well, to be fair, "man git-add for git add is rather unconventional" is
> a valid point...

True. I'd say that for people familiar with other VCS/SCM tools the "$VCS help add" is probably the primary help interface. It works with many tools - git, hg, svn and bzr at least.

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