Re: [PATCH] help: show manpage for aliased command on git <alias> --help

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> 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'
>
> If you had "lg" aliased to "log --oneline" and you made
>
>     $ git lg --help
>
> to give anything but
>
>     'git lg' is aliased to `log --oneline'
>
> I would say that is a grave regression.

Good point. I'll fix that up.

No objection to the patch in principle though? I.e. not showing you
what the alias points to.
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