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"git show --usage" no "usage" displayed

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Nicholas Hsiang <xianghongai@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2018, 02:27 UTC
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Dear git:

When I type `git remote --usage`, The command panel will prompt 'error: unknown option `usage', Then there will be `git remote` related instructions. But I type `git show --usage`, just display 'fatal: unrecognized argument: --usage'.

![git-show-command-no-display-usage.png](https://i.loli.net/2018/12/21/5c1c4d34075c4.png)

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Yours sincerely, Xiang HongAi. -- Live Long and Prosper.

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