From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D7291F859 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:25:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752455AbcHLQZu (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:25:50 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f195.google.com ([209.85.161.195]:36296 "EHLO mail-yw0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752164AbcHLQZt (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:25:49 -0400 Received: by mail-yw0-f195.google.com with SMTP id u134so1311122ywg.3 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:25:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=o6MV36GEY6GqmKcv8qvD5T2LWdzdcbVjipUp9UBLueY=; b=nK2WGPhfELmyJq1o0TzrhVdn7HCDR3n6+ScsDXUVbPWVbXyPAbTvr2mF+xV2ZrWpw+ ZUQ3FsowgNamtgvVAGCGVKTl8g50m0SzIM/PA+9J4drNg6fDhjPNQXD/7WX8r+JsS87N 1PZMFcPW1apD9LpGv7QNjILCpHTpfEIT7s7dfCpHTUxWVYSI59iJAC+qeXxiCEbZW/xG q+K0iq89b8OeXSwPIDw07VDS/fIzeAbrbuazGeloq2ICBM4vYCpZ18RhkRR7aNyITm1V sybvcAMc6bfvOwFLOIvChV2/xK5WJD8SHyuq1HkbP65hNHvhvMjKEMJCOarZBeE2J7X5 8fxw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=o6MV36GEY6GqmKcv8qvD5T2LWdzdcbVjipUp9UBLueY=; b=Ceff3g0FETf2U2frli4J2pCPukFf95qS9Sz/clgxPpRJpzBY01NfEWPKnBECqz+4nJ hdomzvcsxu0HQkmyWiV2SBEFhTmDdez0ZVoqOAEEe5yNfDVhmAgURJVhXpmJ1+84XHz6 Dp9nuF3sYwUW5ggHbqHt6+O8hW+y+KjU3wA2rfZD1G3e9jAH/5KtaUlxvznfSpCjcQ7i +vQ2fWkGRaQbWjQaaV34OpI5T6cu+O3fDT/gDFh/BNnlk+0iiUqNutfumSGWqS78IYBu aQ/q/Z8NpAqSwltsYqu4PseSruCPatAUzJVGmWvNln8bJyuatMPJL4JwrZkYbcRRiCEi WxnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoous+8g4R/KfF+836xRJVDGV91bpkNmrgOgbI3MUxqf4ayniwaxqprK/J2z4HClqN5dTJhjaM/MsWkzYi+g== X-Received: by 10.13.209.71 with SMTP id t68mr11299322ywd.275.1471019148339; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:25:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.13.250.4 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:25:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:25:28 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Xlgoj3zMPCbl0JmpkkjHGM7IJw0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: `git stash --help` tries to pull up nonexistent file gitstack.html To: Joseph Musser Cc: Lars Schneider , Git Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Joseph Musser wrote: > Oh, I'm embarrassed. The typo was mine, I must have typed `git stack > --help`. I would have expected a syntax error message or "did you > mean" suggestions; it didn't even enter my mind that it would look up > whatever I typed before --help and assume it existed on disk. I actually think you found an interesting (albeit minor) bug. I think whenever "git" sees any word followed by "--help" and nothing else, it blindly turns it into "git help" followed by that word. I think it is reasonable to expect that "git foo --help" responds with "foo: no such subcommand", instead of "No manual entry for gitfoo". It may not be too hard to arrange; this might be another low-hanging fruit if somebody wants to try a patch ;-) Thanks.