From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) 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, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 909F51F461 for ; Mon, 13 May 2019 20:53:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726220AbfEMUxE (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 May 2019 16:53:04 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:55984 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1726179AbfEMUxE (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 May 2019 16:53:04 -0400 Received: (qmail 26903 invoked by uid 109); 13 May 2019 20:53:04 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Mon, 13 May 2019 20:53:04 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 6388 invoked by uid 111); 13 May 2019 20:53:41 -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, 13 May 2019 16:53:41 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 13 May 2019 16:53:01 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 16:53:01 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Philip Oakley Cc: Git List , Johannes Schindelin , Duy Nguyen Subject: Re: git --help not actually showing the git(1) help page.. Message-ID: <20190513205301.GA22745@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <0d37203a-e738-bad3-41e1-05204abc138b@iee.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0d37203a-e738-bad3-41e1-05204abc138b@iee.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.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 --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