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Re: git log is a bit antisocial

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 14, 2006, 20:56 UTC
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
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> $  git log -h
> fatal: unrecognized argument: -h
> $ git log --help
> fatal: unrecognized argument: --help
>
> Maybe the usage string could be printed in those cases?
Perhaps.  Alternatively, "git help log", perhaps.
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