From: Rasmus Villemoes <rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 06:25:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] git-help.txt: document "git help cmd" vs "git cmd --help" for aliases
Message-ID: <b5d0e881-d4b5-16e8-13df-46f9cb81f9c4@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20181003021816.GC20553@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On 2018-10-03 04:18, Jeff King wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 01:21:07PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> 
>>  
>> +If an alias is given, git prints a note explaining what it is an alias
>> +for on standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased
>> +command, use `git COMMAND --help`.
> 
> Funny English: "what it is an...". Maybe:
> 
>   If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on
>   standard output. To get the manual page...

Much better, thanks.

Rasmus