On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 08:26:47PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt > index 5f2628c8f8..82622e7fbc 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt > @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ OPTIONS > These options are _not_ mutually exclusive; when given > both, references stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are > displayed. > ++ > +*NOTE*: -h without any other parameters shows a short help text instead > +of any refs. Yuck. This "we only treat -h as special in certain cases" rule is sufficiently magical that I don't think we want to advertise and lock ourselves into it. -Peff