Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> `git submodule asdf` would trigger displaying the usage of the submodule
> command on stderr, however `git submodule -h` would display the usage on
> stdout. Unify displaying help for shell commands on stderr.
The primary output from "git cmd --help" is the usage message. It
is debatable why it should go to the standard error output when it
is the primary thing the user asked for.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> git-sh-setup.sh | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
> index c48139a..5c02446 100644
> --- a/git-sh-setup.sh
> +++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ say () {
>
> if test -n "$OPTIONS_SPEC"; then
> usage() {
> - "$0" -h
> + "$0" -h 1>&2
> exit 1
> }
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