# [PATCH] git potty: grok 'help' to mean '--help'.

1 messages from 2006-01-03 to 2006-01-03. Participants: Andreas Ericsson.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2956

## Andreas Ericsson, 2006-01-03 09:53

Subject: [PATCH] git potty: grok 'help' to mean '--help'.
Message-ID: <20060103095354.25A1C5BA16@nox.op5.se>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060103095354.25A1C5BA16%40nox.op5.se

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Most other scm's understand it, most users expect it and it's an easy fix.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>

---

 git.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

bd2573445899c427adac66f2b0fe4643461ab280
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index e795ddb..5e7da74 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **e
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		char *arg = argv[i];
 
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "help")) {
+			show_help = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (strncmp(arg, "--", 2))
 			break;
 
-- 
1.0.6-g58e3

```