Re: --help for git commands

From: Shaoxuan Yuan <shaoxuan.yuan02@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 25, 2022, 06:22 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJyCBORnAsJjC6+JmDX_nMMnAEZbLbhVNK9QKB7cb88KGUsARQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHZPcmD3xmsuM5XQzczqKQEcVXXXc=c9cH9cpqDNPTpBrwd2iA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 2:26 PM Dorian Marié <dorian@dorianmarie.fr> wrote:

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> Hi,
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> I think it would be nice to have a simple help like other programs do
> when doing `git [subcommand] --help` or `git [subcommand] -h`.
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> It would be a short version of the manual.

I think we do have a "simple help like other programs do".

You will get the git manual page for a command, for example, git-add, with one of the followings:

`git add --help` `git help add` `man git-add`

Or, you can get a "short version of the manual", i.e. usage string, using this:

`git add -h`

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Thanks & Regards,
Shaoxuan