From: Andrew Johnson <ajohnson388@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:47:52 GMT
Subject: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?
Message-ID: <CAM_5GX48gDAZSvAWnxO5n8uhYf8vmfAJ88_31_ewsQxyPfF7iA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I was curious as to why the developers of Git decided to have three
methods to get the manual for a verb. I am a developer who strives to
understand Git to its fullest extent, and will share any information
given on this question.

While reading Pro Git 2nd Ed. I came across these three methods:

$ git help <verb>
$ git <verb> --help
$ man git-<verb>

I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent.

What was the motivation behind the complication, if any? I presume
most developers would not provide multiple commands that do the same
thing for absolutely no reason, so I led myself to ask this question.

Respectfully,
Andrew Johnson