Re: [PATCH V3 1/5] Show help: -a and -g option, and 'git help <concept>' usage.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 2, 2013, 23:15 UTC
Message-ID: <7vd2uc8qyh.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1364942392-576-2-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org>

Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:

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> Prepare for the addition of the -g --guides option to git help
> and show that help is available for both concept guides, and commands.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
> ---

This should come at the end after you taught the "-g" option, I think. If we stopped with 1/5, then the message will promise "git help -g" does something useful, while the code is not yet ready.

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>  git.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
> index 39ba6b1..2f8aa41 100644
> --- a/git.c
> +++ b/git.c
> @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ const char git_usage_string[] =
>  	"           <command> [<args>]";
>  
>  const char git_more_info_string[] =
> -	N_("See 'git help <command>' for more information on a specific command.");
> +	N_("'git help -a' and 'git help -g' lists available subcommands and some\n"
> +	   "concept guides. See 'git help <command>' or 'git help <concept>'\n"
> +	   "to read about a specific subcommand or concept.");
>  
>  static struct startup_info git_startup_info;
>  static int use_pager = -1;