Re: Suggestion: "man git clone"

From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 22, 2008, 15:53 UTC
Message-ID: <237967ef0808220853k24b2d969l55d04ec13bd7c8c9@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <g8m6d1$7nf$1@ger.gmane.org>

2008/8/22 Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm>:

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> H. Peter Anvin venit, vidit, dixit 21.08.2008 02:11:
>> Given the recent change of "git-foo" to "git foo", it would be really
>> nice if one could type, for example:
>>
>>       man git clone
>>
>> and actually get the man page for the git clone command.  There are
>> quite a few other pieces of software which also could benefit from that
>> kind of indirection.
>>
>> Right now the above command shows the man page git(1) followed by
>> clone(2), which I believe has be classified as utterly useless behaviour...
>
> The discussion seems to show that altering man and relying on the new
> behaviour is no option, and neither is playing games with man's section
> options.
>
> How about:
>
> - Change all references in the help pages (gitlinks) accordingly.

I think that would break navigating man pages in any man reader... Most of them detect and handle "foo(N)" magically and let you click on it.

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Mikael Magnusson