> I think you might need to be a bit more careful than just looking whether > the command in question is a built-in or not. It could be delivered as a > script or executable inside `libexec/git-core`. I apologize, yes -- I used 'built-in' as a synonym for 'distributed with Git', but this of course is not how this project uses the term :-) > Of course, this might break existing users' setups where they ship a Git > command together with a manual page. > > A potential remedy against that would be, as you say, a config option. > Maybe defaulting to the manual page if `help.format` is `man`, otherwise > defaulting to passing `--help` to the command. It's worth noting that Git for Windows does not distribute a manpage-viewer :-( -- Sean Allred
