On 21/09/2021 14:49, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: >>> Further, shouldn't we mention this (git help -c) on the git config man >>> page, e.g. "A list all available configuration variables can be >>> generated by `git help -c`." >> Still feel this one would be useful (but may be out of scope of this series) > We already have such a mention in the documentation, it pre-dates this > series. I.e.: > > -c:: > --config:: > List all available configuration variables. This is a short > summary of the list in linkgit:git-config[1]. > > The "short summary" there is quite the understatement, but that wording > was added in , 3ac68a93fd2 (help: add --config to list all available > config, 2018-05-26) so it wasn't some mistake with the option drifting > out of sync with an earlier implementation. > > I think what Nguyễn meant here was "much shorte than 'git help config'". I was just saying the 'git help config' should point to the `git help --config` command (extra `--`) I then realised I ought to propose a patch, which is now in `next` ae578de926 (doc: config, tell readers of `git help --config`, 2021-09-13), I should have added the wider cc list. https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210913212305.1832-1-philipoakley@iee.email/ Philip
