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v2, 2 partsDocumentation: tutorial: add information about "git help" at the beginning

Subject: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Documentation: tutorial: add information about "git help" at the beginning

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Christian Couder· Nov 17, 2008, 15:43 UTC · lore

Talking about "git help" is useful because it has a few more features (like when using it without arguments or with "-a") and it may work on non unix like platforms.

Also add a few links to git-help(1) in "See also" sections.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt |    1 +
 Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt    |    1 +
 Documentation/gittutorial.txt      |   10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt, Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt, Documentation/gittutorial.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index 61fc5d7..96bf353 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -1693,6 +1693,7 @@ SEE ALSO
 linkgit:gittutorial[7],
 linkgit:gittutorial-2[7],
 linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7],
+linkgit:git-help[1],
 link:everyday.html[Everyday git],
 link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
index bab0f34..a057b50 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial-2.txt
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ linkgit:gittutorial[7],
 linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7],
 linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7],
 linkgit:gitglossary[7],
+linkgit:git-help[1],
 link:everyday.html[Everyday git],
 link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index 384972c..7892244 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ First, note that you can get documentation for a command such as
 $ man git-log
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+or:
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git help log
+------------------------------------------------
+
+With the latter, you can use the manual viewer of your choice; see
+linkgit:git-help[1] for more information.
+
 It is a good idea to introduce yourself to git with your name and
 public email address before doing any operation.  The easiest
 way to do so is:
@@ -653,6 +662,7 @@ linkgit:gittutorial-2[7],
 linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7],
 linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7],
 linkgit:gitglossary[7],
+linkgit:git-help[1],
 link:everyday.html[Everyday git],
 link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual]
 
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1.6.0.4.617.g621cb

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