From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git --help not actually showing the git(1) help page..
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 16:53:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190513205301.GA22745@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0d37203a-e738-bad3-41e1-05204abc138b@iee.org>
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 09:47:27PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:
> Is there a cli way, especially on Git for Windows bash, to get the html man
> page of git(1)? I have it on my system, so can go via another page but..
>
> All the `git <cmd> --help` appear to work, but I can't determine the correct
> invocation for bringing up the stupid content tracker's page in the browser.
> Previously I'd have expected either `git --help` or `git git --help` to work
> (can't remember which). The former only produces the short form -h help in
> the bash window, the latter says 'git' isn't a command.
Try "git help git".
It might be worth mentioning it in the paragraph at the end of "git
help".
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-13 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-13 20:47 git --help not actually showing the git(1) help page Philip Oakley
2019-05-13 20:53 ` Jeff King [this message]
2019-05-13 21:55 ` Philip Oakley
2019-05-13 22:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-14 14:05 ` Philip Oakley
2019-05-14 15:24 ` [PATCH] git.c: show usage for accessing " Philip Oakley
2019-05-15 0:17 ` Emily Shaffer
2019-05-15 1:53 ` Jeff King
2019-05-15 6:43 ` Philip Oakley
2019-05-15 8:11 ` [PATCH v2] " Philip Oakley
2019-05-15 8:14 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-05-15 22:47 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Philip Oakley
2019-05-15 22:47 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] git.c: show usage for " Philip Oakley
2019-05-15 22:47 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] Doc: git.txt: remove backticks from link and add git-scm.com/docs Philip Oakley
2019-05-16 1:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-16 11:25 ` Philip Oakley
2019-05-16 22:22 ` Jeff King
2019-05-16 23:09 ` Philip Oakley
2019-05-15 6:36 ` [PATCH] git.c: show usage for accessing the git(1) help page Philip Oakley
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