To whom may concern, Since git 2.20.0, invoking `git help -a` will cause git using page (e.g. less) to display help message. However, such behaviour is not desirable when `git help -a` is run inside a pipe or invoked by another program. Step to reproduce the bug: git help -a | cat # this freezes the command line prompt. This bug also causes issues in `hub` when invoking `git <alias>`. More detail can be found at https://github.com/github/hub/issues/1963 I would suggest `git help -a` only invokes page when stdout is a tty. Thanks for your attention. Best Regards, Cheng