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Re: How do Git on Linux users launch/read the user-manual?

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date
May 20, 2020, 21:50 UTC
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Hi Junio,
On 20/05/2020 22:27, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> writes:
>
>> I can then browse that directory to find user-manual.html and open it
>> from there (because I know it is there!).
>>
>> How do Git on Linux users launch/read the user-manual?
> Start from the same starting point
>
> $ git help -w git
>
> and then navigate to the link to "Git User Manual"?
>

And then what? Is it always some .html viewer, or viewing the raw .txt file, or something else? (it isn't the man view..) -- Philip

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