From: Carlos Martín Nieto Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:46:33 GMT Subject: Re: git-upload-archive help was not shown correctly Message-ID: <20120114154633.GA3444@beez.lab.cmartin.tk> In-Reply-To: <1326548416.5992.1.camel@devendra-Linux> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 07:10:16PM +0530, devendra wrote: > Hi git folks, > > the command git-upload-archive is not properly showing usage info when > ran barely with out any args. git-upload-package is not for human use. It's what gets run on the remote end when you run e.g. 'git archive --remote=origin HEAD' > > it shows some kind of unwanted garbage instead of showing a nice help > message. It's trying to talk to git. What you see is the "Git Smart Protocol". What were you trying to do? cmn