Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

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W dniu 17.09.2016 o 20:39, Fredrik Gustafsson pisze:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote:

>> $ git help <verb>
>> $ git <verb> --help
>> $ man git-<verb>
>>
>> I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent.
> 
> While I'm not able to answer your question, I can shred a little light
> about them not being equal. For example using a windows machine
> 
> $ man git-<verb>
> 
> does not work and
> 
> $ git help <verb>
> 
> opens a webbrowser instead of a man page. Using a unix system I would
> however assume that
> 
> $ man git-<verb>
> 
> would work since it's the standard way of getting help on those systems.

There is also additional difference.  There are help pages which are
not about specific Git command, but about concepts (gitcli, gitrevisions,
githooks, gitrepository-layout, gitglossary), or about files (gitignore,
gitattributes, to some extent githooks).

Those are only accessible with `git help <concept>` or, on OS with
installed 'man', also `man <gitconcept>`.

Just FYI
-- 
Jakub Narębski



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