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=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, 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 939061F453 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:19:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728825AbeIYAWz (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:22:55 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:57550 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1728455AbeIYAWy (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:22:54 -0400 Received: (qmail 5379 invoked by uid 109); 24 Sep 2018 18:19:30 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:19:30 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 28813 invoked by uid 111); 24 Sep 2018 18:19:13 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) SMTP; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:19:13 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:19:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:19:28 -0400 From: Jeff King To: =?utf-8?B?Tmd1eeG7hW4gVGjDoWkgTmfhu41j?= Duy Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] git help: promote 'git help -av' Message-ID: <20180924181927.GB25341@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20180922174707.16498-1-pclouds@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20180922174707.16498-1-pclouds@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 07:47:07PM +0200, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: > When you type "git help" (or just "git") you are greeted with a list > with commonly used commands and their short description and are > suggested to use "git help -a" or "git help -g" for more details. > > "git help -av" would be more friendly and inline with what is shown > with "git help" since it shows list of commands with description as > well, and commands are properly grouped. I agree that "help -av" is likely to be more friendly. I kind of wonder if it should just be the default for "-a". Do we have any obligation not to change the format of that output? Assuming we want to keep "-a" and "-av" as-is, your patch seems quite sensible to me. -Peff