Another observation. This also applies to external aliases git -c alias.fr='!git-filter-repo' fr --help returns 'fr' is aliased to '!git-filter-repo' w exit code 0 On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 8:53 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > >> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> > >> > I should point out that in most cases on Unix, it _is_ expected that you > >> > install your manual pages into the same place as everyone else, so in > >> > this case, installing the HTML documentation alongside Git's may be the > >> > best solution. > >> > >> Yup, that sounds like the most sensible way to do things. > > > > So what about `~/bin/git-my-reply-to-junio`? Do we expect people to write > > a manual page and install it into `~/man/man1` and for `man` to pick that > > up? > > Yes, if they write one, and then tell man that you have extra > manpages there via MANPATH. > > I expect people *not* to write a manual page in practice for such a > thing, though ;-)
