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Re: Bug report: Minor glitch in "git help" error message

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 18, 2025, 13:27 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> ...
> So probably a bad idea.
> ...
>
> The other thing it's tempting to do is teach "git help" to check ...
> ... We pick up
> third-party commands automatically by looking in the $PATH for them. But
> I don't think we can do the same for documentation ...
Great write-up.  Thanks.
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  1. Keith ThompsonApr 17, 2025
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  4. Jeff KingApr 18, 2025
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