Re: [PATCH] Allow 'git cmd -h' outside of repository

From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date: Aug 29, 2008, 11:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20080829115255.GD8000@neumann>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0808291333010.24820@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 01:35:02PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> You miss the fact that "git grep -h" does not mean "show usage".  Oh, and 
> "git ls-remote -h" neither.  Three times's a charm: "git show-ref -h" does 
> not show the help either.

you are right with grep and show-ref. However, ls-remote does not require a repository, so it would not be affected by this patch.

> I am also not quite certain if we should not just tout "git help <cmd>" as 
> the official way to request help.

Well, I would prefer to keep the short usage.

But anyway, having this inconsistency with the -h option across git commands is bad.

Regards, Gábor