Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:28:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Here's the patch that adds that external commands and aliases >> > sections. I feel that external commands section is definitely good to >> > have even if we don't replace "help -a". Aliases are more >> > subjective... >> >> I didn't apply this (so I didn't try running it), but a quick >> eyeballing tells me that the listing of external commands in -av >> output done in this patch seems reasonable. >> >> I do not think removing "-v" and making the current "help -a" output >> unavailable is a wise idea, though. > > I think that your point about having to react in a split-second in order > to ^C before we open the manual page for a command is a good one. So, I > agree with this. Responding to a wrong thread? I thought "now I need ^C within a handful of deciseconds if I want only alias?" was not about the change to make "-v" default when "help -a" is asked, but about what to do with "git foo --help" that only gives "foo is aliased to ...".
