Re: [PATCH 2/3] help: Add '--follow-alias' option

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 15, 2012, 06:00 UTC
Message-ID: <7vehsummit.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1331779969-8641-2-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com>

Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com> writes:

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> The --follow-alias option will look up the alias definitions and
> use the first word as a command. For example, if I set my aliases
> as follows:
>
>  $ git help br
>  `git br' is aliased to `git branch'
>  $ git help ru
>  `git ru' is aliased to `git remote update'
>
> adding --follow-alias (or -f) option will show man pages of
> git-branch and git-remote, respectively.

What would happen when somebody has this?

	[alias]
        	br = branch --list

	$ git help --follow-alias br
	... man page for git-branch is shown ...

NAK.

> +-f::
> +--follow-alias::
> +	Read alias definitions and use its first word as a command name
> +	(if any).

Also, please do not let a potentially ill-conceived option to squat on a short and sweet single letter option name, until it proves to be useful.