Hi Dorian On 25/04/2022 07:22, Shaoxuan Yuan wrote: > On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 2:26 PM Dorian Marié <dorian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think it would be nice to have a simple help like other programs do >> when doing `git [subcommand] --help` or `git [subcommand] -h`. >> >> It would be a short version of the manual. > I think we do have a "simple help like other programs do". > > You will get the git manual page for a command, for example, git-add, > with one of the followings: > > `git add --help` > `git help add` > `man git-add` > > Or, you can get a "short version of the manual", i.e. usage string, using this: > > `git add -h` > The `-h` option is listed in the command line interpreter (cli) guide `git help cli` and the help command is listed via the `git help help`, which also notes the `git help git` method for getting git's own help/man page. All part of the many 'obvious in retrospect' parts of Git ;-) Philip
