Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 11:39 AM Ian Whitlock <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I found a bug and couldn't find another way to report it. I hope this is okay. >> The help output for `git ls-remote` shows that `-h` should display remote HEADs, but instead the help output is displayed! > > Thanks for the report. > >> ➜ git ls-remote -h >> usage: git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>] >> [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] >> [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]] > > This is a known and documented behavior. The description of the `-h` > option in the `ls-remote` help page: > > Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively. These > options are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references > stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are displayed. Note that git > ls-remote -h used without anything else on the command line gives > help, consistent with other git subcommands. Correct. I do not mind a patch that teaches ls-remote to emit an extra line of hint after giving the standard short-help-usage text, telling the user that "git ls-remote -h origin" (replace 'origin' with whatever the default remote is) can be used to learn the branches at the remote. Thanks.
