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Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

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Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2016, 18:39 UTC
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On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote:
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> $ git help <verb>
> $ git <verb> --help
> $ man git-<verb>
> 
> I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent.

While I'm not able to answer your question, I can shred a little light about them not being equal. For example using a windows machine

$ man git <verb>
does not work and
$ git help <verb>

opens a webbrowser instead of a man page. Using a unix system I would however assume that

$ man git <verb>
would work since it's the standard way of getting help on those systems.
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