Re: [PATCH 02/18] Add a new builtin: branch-diff

> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 9:23 AM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Oh, okay. It was not at all clear to me what the exact format and role of
> > these lines are...
> 
> Noted. I'm making more updates in this file in another topic and will
> add some explanation so the next guy will be less confused.

> > So that's what `info` does: it influences whether/where
> > the command is listed in `git help`'s output... Interesting. I thought the
> > lines here were trying to automate parts of the tab completion or
> > something.
> 
> Oh it does many things. The completion part is coming (so yeah you
> don't need to update git-completion.bash at all, as long as you have a
> line here and use parse_options() ;-), but I think it's mainly for
> "git help" and command listing in "git help git" (this command for
> example should show up under the "Main porcelain commands" in that man
> page when you put a line here)