From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E5B1F454 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2018 06:25:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726818AbeJCNMT (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Oct 2018 09:12:19 -0400 Received: from mail-lf1-f66.google.com ([209.85.167.66]:37807 "EHLO mail-lf1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726757AbeJCNMT (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Oct 2018 09:12:19 -0400 Received: by mail-lf1-f66.google.com with SMTP id a82-v6so3260528lfa.4 for ; Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:25:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rasmusvillemoes.dk; s=google; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GXy/3YOLORPFcdeXgOu2AYbxLV0SMwEpwucYopziSqg=; b=cfUmUDirl4d8xMHZFKBvgAz8UPIbJnL7UDOT1bsljb68jCy967Lhe19avrYBLxmhsQ pADMLQBE+a8N9iV5K1ocDRAzGhCRMm/xurqOjeFNJqXzvqdftIQZlOXCPkfXeegjBLgJ 2Du93ipbYmCIVfGi5LQKL7n1KmqxfeUwA3ABQ= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GXy/3YOLORPFcdeXgOu2AYbxLV0SMwEpwucYopziSqg=; b=uYFjZSfM7l7YZ2FaydlM6+vLYkyPY/7LFFmcD2yydEQ0oeFr7+eXf+SxDIR91hh0F6 zmz9wK8WMmf9LB+f9RABibstBOLQPTlKvaq8yWdB0zZomjCrNFHd7jMOHd1yVE6Ea/bd dO/9zjePQy6pgm9HXkVzCodxZ86Sn/578lY6Nw/DVHxB0dAdvSbxq+6LAcRFqtEpyMWM s2KvAGqLihzZWY2fSV1ML+qdhD4ov+UoA+Fsp/T2kTKy5WgoQgvpvBLWz2kEuY1ugJIb toNnQgVUEMeKvGg3kn7WUYGZVWbip2gSbta+e1pUMq69sEvtFlISh+CiX290US5CiRo6 V1/A== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoiy+uJdpBFns/9ppdZ1OXff8WBjrnyynE55nfbHBkW9QrbYJ2Is kce0SIRHqmpjfHGJNucu2790dw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV63yV+dF4rosZlPCRiKoYYKhigCjQXJXnSDqfapKMESNKEdFCQFFUIkzJKccXZ3mO7EY75lYKQ== X-Received: by 2002:a19:8c1a:: with SMTP id o26-v6mr16456lfd.90.1538547922125; Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:25:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.16.11.40] ([81.216.59.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 9-v6sm27220lju.61.2018.10.02.23.25.21 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:25:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] git-help.txt: document "git help cmd" vs "git cmd --help" for aliases To: Jeff King Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano , Duy Nguyen , Taylor Blau References: <20180926102636.30691-1-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <20181001112107.28956-1-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <20181001112107.28956-3-rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <20181003021816.GC20553@sigill.intra.peff.net> From: Rasmus Villemoes Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 08:25:20 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20181003021816.GC20553@sigill.intra.peff.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 2018-10-03 04:18, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 01:21:07PM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote: > >> >> +If an alias is given, git prints a note explaining what it is an alias >> +for on standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased >> +command, use `git COMMAND --help`. > > Funny English: "what it is an...". Maybe: > > If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on > standard output. To get the manual page... Much better, thanks. Rasmus