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Re: [PATCH] Add subcommand "help" to the list of most commonly used subcommands

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SRSverre Rabbelier <alturin@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 5, 2008, 11:21 UTC
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On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Teemu Likonen wrote:
>> Add subcommand "help" to the list of most commonly used subcommands
>
> Hrmpf.  IMO "help" is not really a _git_ command.  And I use it really,
> really rarely.

I agree with this, but not because I don't use it rarely, but because there is no such command 'git-help'. I know that we are urging the user away from the dash notation, but if we want to advertise 'git help' as an actual command, at least make 'git' recognize it as an actual command instead of displaying the default usage notice (type 'git help' and see what I mean).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 8 of 28 in “git wrapper: show similar command names for an unknown command”
  1. git wrapper: show similar command names for an unknown commandJohannes Schindelin, Jun 5, 2008
  2. Add subcommand "help" to the list of most commonly used subcommandsTeemu Likonen, Jun 5, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 5, 2008
  4. Teemu LikonenJun 5, 2008
  5. 1/2 Add subcommand "help" to the list of most commonly used subcommandsTeemu Likonen, Jun 5, 2008
  6. 2/2 More informative short description for git-help.txtTeemu Likonen, Jun 5, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinJun 5, 2008
  8. Sverre RabbelierJun 5, 2008
  9. Teemu LikonenJun 5, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  11. Pieter de BieJun 5, 2008
  12. Teemu LikonenJun 5, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  14. David SymondsJun 6, 2008
  15. Wincent ColaiutaJun 5, 2008
  16. Sverre RabbelierJun 5, 2008
  17. Dirk SüsserottJun 5, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJun 5, 2008
  19. Robin RosenbergJun 6, 2008
  20. Wincent ColaiutaJun 6, 2008
  21. Alex RiesenJun 7, 2008
  22. Johannes SchindelinJun 7, 2008
  23. Alex RiesenJun 7, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2008
  25. Johannes SchindelinJun 8, 2008
  26. Dirk SüsserottJun 8, 2008
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2008
  28. Johannes SchindelinJun 8, 2008

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