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Re: some git-commands --help don't act like git commands --help

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MGMichael Gaber <michael.gaber@gmx.net>
Date
Dec 29, 2008, 09:48 UTC
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Nanako Shiraishi schrieb:
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> Quoting jidanni@jidanni.org:
> 
>> Hmmm, some git-commands --help act just like git commands --help,
>> $ git commit --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 336
>> $ git-commit --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 336
>>
>> But others don't
>> $ git am --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 152
>> $ git-am --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 19
> 
> Thank you for your observation; what do you want to do about it?
> 
> Are you complaining that some commands do not have customized description that is not as long as the full manual page but not as terse as the short help "-h" output? Or are you complaining some other commands do not give you full manual pages for "--help"?
> 

I think he just wantet to state that the output of git-command --help and git command --help should be identical as the both do the same thing, don't they?

Regards Michael
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  2. Nanako ShiraishiDec 29, 2008
  3. Michael GaberDec 29, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 29, 2008
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