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Re: Suggestion: "man git clone"

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PLPeter Valdemar Mørch (Lists) <4ux6as402@sneakemail.com>
Date
Aug 21, 2008, 00:25 UTC
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H. Peter Anvin hpa-at-zytor.com |Lists| wrote:
> Given the recent change of "git-foo" to "git foo", it would be really 
> nice if one could type, for example:
> 
>     man git clone
Sorry man that behaviour is the way "man" works. See "man man".
   $ git clone --help
or
   $ git help clone
work right?
Peter
P.S: man, there are puns in that...
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Peter Valdemar Mørch
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