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=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,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 B6E4A1F453 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 02:37:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726185AbeI1I6x (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2018 04:58:53 -0400 Received: from mail-pg1-f196.google.com ([209.85.215.196]:41619 "EHLO mail-pg1-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726060AbeI1I6x (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2018 04:58:53 -0400 Received: by mail-pg1-f196.google.com with SMTP id z3-v6so3298744pgv.8 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:37:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ttaylorr-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=deoDM7K6ywjUHOo/M8TVEAhxHxkhZTKrvX5XXJASheU=; b=y1olnAD8KD2pwfRSd6JlIRvW532V0pt9eLp8gxREg/4qT4P9rgWMo0EHvJYfIE3PHj uJ46tGCcboIZhjsFS7KWLFuz/ixa9weiSRBrAWlf3drtGwBb7KfQvzkdDKOW/ZAlRRFi Enoh0vbexepe8uo1rWICJElefHV+NXd4RgOFINxScVDRWZwXC5b3aFHh87kJvoAUdyIZ zawD3d840m/eqG9rYT3VFCniRwd3llhniua2otIYdBspmQIuEpcyVK7f+6JvzHswvZVR sblQnDseVdT9REOBuXYlmyv+FKT0s8QEIx7Poiwzg59+y46+rk0VoPFGUEBu7uYXpiPH RW7g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=deoDM7K6ywjUHOo/M8TVEAhxHxkhZTKrvX5XXJASheU=; b=j9o+OzVblCUWoj3WkrdyR5pVCZEQWNE05QaCnK37eaNu8/pOWle57f5/OU6YnJQNPf tmbiK8a2vTWaiT5b2gTIOOLyQPiB40BodJYtP33xYRz07NvNdZihFqdT9Teq5B++yBSJ YVNxtsIKMewzYUdLi2ZiTYPz0W8rzZmJAWa3o1aIvQ3uZZ/ixllcqJaLXV88CnGO/Qml 88dlBV03VZ1TyVopmXnx1G6EZZe7BiuXHiC8z7sN1qPorqzbMN1V36nDVVxGHxldnwSp uWAuMhoWE5dtAh/41KpI5Dclct4o37FX4qPp/pZ+6ETWiQ9heTW+YqHils3ffA1MqCdi FRBA== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfogjQ2LXCZq+IPnD7b6dcosg1p77MwbMibH+JfIqTwKOAhuxxtXh t2bsDhQo8r3+iXa7kt39ZK4eC0oaRsY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV61WQ+vqyea9Bc3XmOyTnzSWsP5TQUEQkJnfxfjiR/Ihz/nXS5rVx5SXwHJ0Qgq10eRMR3gm6A== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:9302:: with SMTP id bc2-v6mr14091065plb.280.1538102247096; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:37:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2601:602:9200:32b0:1924:afac:8279:2210]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h69-v6sm8223031pfh.13.2018.09.27.19.37.24 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:37:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Taylor Blau X-Google-Original-From: Taylor Blau Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:37:24 -0700 To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Duy Nguyen , Jeff King , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] git help: promote 'git help -av' Message-ID: <20180928023724.GA89283@syl> References: <20180922174707.16498-1-pclouds@gmail.com> <20180924181927.GB25341@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20180925174451.GA29454@duynguyen.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.5 (2018-04-13) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:28:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Duy Nguyen writes: > > > Here's the patch that adds that external commands and aliases > > sections. I feel that external commands section is definitely good to > > have even if we don't replace "help -a". Aliases are more > > subjective... > > I didn't apply this (so I didn't try running it), but a quick > eyeballing tells me that the listing of external commands in -av > output done in this patch seems reasonable. > > I do not think removing "-v" and making the current "help -a" output > unavailable is a wise idea, though. I think that your point about having to react in a split-second in order to ^C before we open the manual page for a command is a good one. So, I agree with this. Thanks, Taylor