Hi, On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > Printing usage strings of git commands should obviously not depend on > the command being run inside a git repository. However, in case of a > command requiring a repository, the command line options are parsed only > after it is ensured that the command was started inside a repository, > resulting in a 'fatal: Not a git repository' if 'git cmd -h' wasn't > executed inside a repository. > > To get around this issue, we will check early for the presence of '-h' > option, and skip ensuring that the command is run inside a repository. You miss the fact that "git grep -h" does not mean "show usage". Oh, and "git ls-remote -h" neither. Three times's a charm: "git show-ref -h" does not show the help either. I am also not quite certain if we should not just tout "git help <cmd>" as the official way to request help. Ciao, Dscho
