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-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5DE61F55B for ; Wed, 20 May 2020 20:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728111AbgETU6P (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2020 16:58:15 -0400 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk ([85.233.160.19]:27148 "EHLO smtp.hosts.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727018AbgETU6P (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2020 16:58:15 -0400 Received: from [89.243.191.101] (helo=[192.168.1.37]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1jbVn3-0004Pa-5D for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 20 May 2020 21:58:13 +0100 To: Git List From: Philip Oakley Subject: How do Git on Linux users launch/read the user-manual? Message-ID: <8142f64b-9b5e-3637-21a2-3671dd65a42e@iee.email> Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 21:58:12 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-GB Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org As a Windows user, when I want to look at the Git user-manual, I tend to `git help git`, which on Git for Windows opens the usersĀ  default browser. For me, it's at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/share/doc/git-doc/git.html. I can then browse that directory to find user-manual.html and open it from there (because I know it is there!). How do Git on Linux users launch/read the user-manual? Essentially the user manual isn't accessible from Git, and really it should be. However it's not a formatted as a man page so some other access mechanism is needed, compatible with Linux, and Windows users. It would be nice if it was part of the `git help -g` list. Excuse my ignorance for not knowing how linux users should access this usefully curated doc. Question promoted by Philippe's recent inclusion of the FAQ to the doc list [1] Philip [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqimgqwqif.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com/T/#t