Re: [PATCH] git help: promote 'git help -av'

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 28, 2018, 16:30 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqefddeg90.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180928023724.GA89283@syl>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:28:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Here's the patch that adds that external commands and aliases
>> > sections. I feel that external commands section is definitely good to
>> > have even if we don't replace "help -a". Aliases are more
>> > subjective...
>>
>> I didn't apply this (so I didn't try running it), but a quick
>> eyeballing tells me that the listing of external commands in -av
>> output done in this patch seems reasonable.
>>
>> I do not think removing "-v" and making the current "help -a" output
>> unavailable is a wise idea, though.
>
> I think that your point about having to react in a split-second in order
> to ^C before we open the manual page for a command is a good one. So, I
> agree with this.

Responding to a wrong thread?

I thought "now I need ^C within a handful of deciseconds if I want only alias?" was not about the change to make "-v" default when "help -a" is asked, but about what to do with "git foo --help" that only gives "foo is aliased to ...".