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Re: bug in git remote --help

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
May 19, 2020, 10:57 UTC
Message-ID
<20200519105713.GA602573@generichostname>
In-Reply-To
<2830ee51-ee11-4acc-ca63-3f510e6bcc1d@arcor.de>
Hi Ernst,
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:44:38PM +0200, Ernst Reissner wrote:
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> I have git 2.26.2.
> 
> git remote --help
> 
> yields
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>        git remote [-v | --verbose]
>        git remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags]
> [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
>        git remote rename <old> <new>
>        git remote remove <name>
>        git remote set-head <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
>        git remote set-branches [--add] <name> <branch>...
>        git remote get-url [--push] [--all] <name>
>        git remote set-url [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
>        git remote set-url --add [--push] <name> <newurl>
>        git remote set-url --delete [--push] <name> <url>
>        git remote [-v | --verbose] show [-n] <name>...
It's buried in there but doesn't seem to be missing ;)
-Denton
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>        git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>...
>        git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [(<group> |
> <remote>)...]
> 
> 
> which does not mention `git remote show <origin>` which actually exists.
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> 
> Ernst
> 
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  1. Ernst ReissnerMay 19, 2020
  2. Denton LiuMay 19, 2020

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