From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>,
"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] help: correct usage & behavior of "git help --guides"
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:20:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bdfb51f8-1d85-d122-122f-90cde2a1cf17@iee.email> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878rzq9gun.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
On 21/09/2021 14:49, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>>> Further, shouldn't we mention this (git help -c) on the git config man
>>> page, e.g. "A list all available configuration variables can be
>>> generated by `git help -c`."
>> Still feel this one would be useful (but may be out of scope of this series)
> We already have such a mention in the documentation, it pre-dates this
> series. I.e.:
>
> -c::
> --config::
> List all available configuration variables. This is a short
> summary of the list in linkgit:git-config[1].
>
> The "short summary" there is quite the understatement, but that wording
> was added in , 3ac68a93fd2 (help: add --config to list all available
> config, 2018-05-26) so it wasn't some mistake with the option drifting
> out of sync with an earlier implementation.
>
> I think what Nguyễn meant here was "much shorte than 'git help config'".
I was just saying the 'git help config' should point to the `git help
--config` command (extra `--`)
I then realised I ought to propose a patch, which is now in `next`
ae578de926 (doc: config, tell readers of `git help --config`, 2021-09-13),
I should have added the wider cc list.
https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210913212305.1832-1-philipoakley@iee.email/
Philip
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-21 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-08 15:24 [PATCH 0/6] help: fix usage nits & bugs, completion shellscript->C Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 1/6] help: correct the usage string in -h and documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 2/6] help: correct usage string for "git help --guides" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 3/6] help tests: add test for --config output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 4/6] help: refactor "for_human" control flow in cmd_help() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 16:41 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-08 17:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-08 19:36 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 5/6] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 16:39 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-08 19:37 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 8:08 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-09-10 11:09 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-08 15:24 ` [PATCH 6/6] help / completion: make "git help" do the hard work Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 11:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] help: fix usage nits & bugs, completion shellscript->C Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 11:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] help: correct the usage string in -h and documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11 1:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-11 2:34 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 11:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] help: correct usage & behavior of "git help --guides" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 18:15 ` Philip Oakley
2021-09-10 18:21 ` Philip Oakley
2021-09-21 13:49 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 14:20 ` Philip Oakley [this message]
2021-09-11 1:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-10 11:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] help tests: add test for --config output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11 1:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-11 2:25 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-13 19:21 ` Philip Oakley
2021-09-10 11:28 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-10 23:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-10 11:28 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] help / completion: make "git help" do the hard work Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11 1:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] help: fix usage nits & bugs, completion shellscript->C Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] help: correct the usage string in -h and documentation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] help: correct usage & behavior of "git help --guides" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-23 18:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] help tests: add test for --config output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --config Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] help: correct logic error in combining --all and --guides Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] help: simplify by moving to OPT_CMDMODE() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-23 18:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-23 18:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] help tests: test --config-for-completion option & output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] help / completion: make "git help" do the hard work Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-21 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] help: move column config discovery to help.c library Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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