From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EB071FCA9 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754105AbcIQScc (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Sep 2016 14:32:32 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-f68.google.com ([209.85.215.68]:36674 "EHLO mail-lf0-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753271AbcIQSca (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Sep 2016 14:32:30 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-f68.google.com with SMTP id s29so6413267lfg.3 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:32:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=E6p68maXODjtgUjoxS8Rb46rkun/j8SC1iIFL+uUHR8=; b=CvNO46FV+HmU8gi6zMKJdEtg3U/Rx4nvZji1+nb25epMXNd8OlGgJI8KZKXxOZjaqe 7Iw5WrTC93YE8uaF4+e9fbg3P7SEtg42m6MdtPsvIFGBscSM+JL2afCyMF5ibyRQqYlQ 5+y5ULdxhU72UjbYUxRDPPkpbRNxYvGWb6xBsijIKqI0SQguM9YsSmTqGRmV4J8Ts+5n 5KM7/ATycvxb+CnPp2tRUlUG5pxerphOc99QU4B4BSHy/OUTt9KQxnDMJn/U/VgFpi6M KrWK3W0ULmdB8P2VccRR3FIyEaSlrexI1SbmnOVU8Z/ctfpA/jF55/DdKns3zyBReD6M VGFg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=E6p68maXODjtgUjoxS8Rb46rkun/j8SC1iIFL+uUHR8=; b=HMeiXAk4bodjF1L/fQIK6biRHXCSKy3Jt4VYJ4Vry779CBACjdl1leBs3WTXn2sbD0 XycdRFb1VvyxVf1bMCsmekmFDddI7pgVNEjc/aORcPhK3U8YUTfT0aAu9Q1uRaEbtSo9 Ss2ZFK1dmN5dZ2CG6McT7ltdVPaGEPJvVphoBoWd6SCHSnr+I1BbenTyBqDhkJH7xman VHCFj3IfWGpm1Mu4/UrPQNMcSYqKRPfoRFa0O4mwDftgbC7oQo2eU3ayFE8GKuDDHIv9 +NPJSWg75HjqyEdDEQT+7izETft3S9Ea2P5oNtaiP+XJFJH11p+tp7e/mKNwji8HrBzd uaTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwPCnS3fBf8xtKda24ItoG78Lh/foh6XTBRCK9FR8G03G9JB1euMGru5pfjqB9wAeQ== X-Received: by 10.25.0.131 with SMTP id 125mr6566746lfa.149.1474137148390; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:32:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian (c83-249-31-250.bredband.comhem.se. [83.249.31.250]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f139sm3421150lfb.11.2016.09.17.11.32.27 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iveqy by debian with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1blKWF-0004LN-Su; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 20:39:19 +0200 Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 20:39:19 +0200 From: Fredrik Gustafsson To: Andrew Johnson Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git? Message-ID: <20160917183919.GJ20666@paksenarrion.iveqy.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote: > $ git help > $ git --help > $ man git- > > I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent. While I'm not able to answer your question, I can shred a little light about them not being equal. For example using a windows machine $ man git does not work and $ git help opens a webbrowser instead of a man page. Using a unix system I would however assume that $ man git would work since it's the standard way of getting help on those systems. -- Fredrik Gustafsson phone: +46 733-608274 e-mail: iveqy@iveqy.com website: http://www.iveqy.com