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Re: git alias and --help

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 28, 2011, 13:27 UTC
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Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> writes:
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> Another small detail:
> 
> Let's assume I have following alias:
> 
> log = log --name-status
> 
> 
> In this case I directly get the help text for git log
> if I typed 'git log --help' (or 'git help log').
> I don't even see, that my log is in reality aliased.

That is because it doesn't work: git does not allow for aliasing its built-in commands.

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Jakub Narębski
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