On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:42:52 +0100, Johannes Sixt
<j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 3/5/2013 15:44, schrieb Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason:
> > Change the semantics of "git <alias> --help" to show the help for the
> > command <alias> is aliased to, instead of just saying:
> >
> > `git <alias>' is aliased to `<whatever>'
> >
> > E.g. if you have "checkout" aliased to "co" you won't get:
> >
> > $ git co --help
> > `git co' is aliased to `checkout'
> >
> > But will instead get the manpage for git-checkout.
> ...
> > alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
> > if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
> > - printf_ln(_("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'"), argv[0], alias);
> > - return 0;
> > + show_help_for = alias;
> > + } else {
> > + show_help_for = argv[0];
> > }
>
> This needs a lot more scrutiny. The alias can be more than just a single
> word, and it can even be a shell scriptlet, i.e., not a git command at all.
>
> It may make sense to show the help of the aliased-to command if the alias
> resolves to just a single word.
A single word that is (already) known to git as being a valid command
to do --help with. I which case I fully agree.
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