From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:03:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] "git" calls help_unknown_cmd(""); "git help" and "git help -a" return 0
Message-ID: <7v640twka3.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071025045228.GE759@srparish.net>

Scott Parish <sRp@srparish.net> writes:

> That's what i was hoping this patch did. I'm not entirely sure how
> its wrong as it seems to work for me.

I misread the patch.  My mistake.

> Regarding "git: '' is not a git-command" the way i was seeing that
> is that git is usually only called with commands, and '' isn't a
> valid command, hence the reason to exit 1, the help is just a nice
> user experience.

But think who would type "git<Enter>".  They are either people
who (1) do not even know that "git" alone is not useful and that
it always wants a subcommand, or (2) know "git<Enter>" is the
same as "git help" and wants to get the "common command list"
quickly.  Technically, "'' is not a git-command" is correct, but
the message does not help either audience, does it?