Re: git --help not actually showing the git(1) help page..

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: May 13, 2019, 21:55 UTC
Message-ID: <a0afd3c4-93ff-31e6-a622-5751c6b5a549@iee.org>
In-Reply-To: <20190513205301.GA22745@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi Peff On 13/05/2019 21:53, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 09:47:27PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:
>
>> Is there a cli way, especially on Git for Windows bash, to get the html man
>> page of git(1)? I have it on my system, so can go via another page but..
>>
>> All the `git <cmd> --help` appear to work, but I can't determine the correct
>> invocation for bringing up the stupid content tracker's page in the browser.
>> Previously I'd have expected either `git --help` or `git git --help` to work
>> (can't remember which). The former only produces the short form -h help in
>> the bash window, the latter says 'git' isn't a command.
> Try "git help git".

Ahh, that's the one. I'd totally forgot about that method.

>
> It might be worth mentioning it in the paragraph at the end of "git
> help".

True. I'll stick on my todo list, along with adding to the general usage message. Possibly "Or `git help git`."

On GfW I commonly use the `git <cmd> --help` when things go wrong, so making the response to that give the right advice would be good. (It's almost the same isue as `git --version`).

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Philip