2008/8/22 Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > H. Peter Anvin venit, vidit, dixit 21.08.2008 02:11: >> Given the recent change of "git-foo" to "git foo", it would be really >> nice if one could type, for example: >> >> man git clone >> >> and actually get the man page for the git clone command. There are >> quite a few other pieces of software which also could benefit from that >> kind of indirection. >> >> Right now the above command shows the man page git(1) followed by >> clone(2), which I believe has be classified as utterly useless behaviour... > > The discussion seems to show that altering man and relying on the new > behaviour is no option, and neither is playing games with man's section > options. > > How about: > > - Change all references in the help pages (gitlinks) accordingly. I think that would break navigating man pages in any man reader... Most of them detect and handle "foo(N)" magically and let you click on it. -- Mikael Magnusson -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
