Re: [PATCH] git help: promote 'git help -av'
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Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
- Date
- Sep 28, 2018, 02:37 UTC
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- <20180928023724.GA89283@syl>
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:28:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes: > > > Here's the patch that adds that external commands and aliases > > sections. I feel that external commands section is definitely good to > > have even if we don't replace "help -a". Aliases are more > > subjective... > > I didn't apply this (so I didn't try running it), but a quick > eyeballing tells me that the listing of external commands in -av > output done in this patch seems reasonable. > > I do not think removing "-v" and making the current "help -a" output > unavailable is a wise idea, though.
I think that your point about having to react in a split-second in order to ^C before we open the manual page for a command is a good one. So, I agree with this.
Thanks, Taylor