From: Rasmus Villemoes Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:59:09 GMT Subject: [PATCH v4 3/3] git-help.txt: document "git help cmd" vs "git cmd --help" for aliases Message-ID: <20181009115909.16648-4-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> In-Reply-To: <20181009115909.16648-1-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> This documents the existing behaviour of "git help cmd" when cmd is an alias, as well as providing a hint to use the "git cmd --help" form to be taken directly to the man page for the aliased command. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes --- Documentation/git-help.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 83d25d825a..86a6b42345 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ guide is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this can be overridden by other options or configuration variables. +If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on +standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use +`git COMMAND --help`. + Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the former is internally converted into the latter. -- 2.19.1.4.g721af0fda3