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=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no 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 30EBF20281 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 05:00:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751233AbdIPFAx (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Sep 2017 01:00:53 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f169.google.com ([209.85.192.169]:49255 "EHLO mail-pf0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751183AbdIPFAw (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Sep 2017 01:00:52 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f169.google.com with SMTP id l188so2416104pfc.6 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:00:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:subject:from:to:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=URhzLBNC/huUOSdjfW4UHcZZR7frE2wPUyuM2rfTBtE=; b=UjyD+AZJFSFycDDuE80F/oG651sDcHSlXadju3ZnGMOSYV6vbiOOPv/fDhR/DsY7wx xewo55ftM8jSlTHPWDWpoQNjm9cnEz4uL4KNdIw+S8g0wv6KPyP9es1PkjZsQhc+o7nE XkVtsO6qORsnMSPcFuo1kv7VtejPHh7OS1Dmrm0dtQHDmP5i7pmrtSdgya0Si3yBqoUF 0EQSt9PrSpzVp5Vo0BCk1sSEWCQT1GQDqOK44e2spdcImNG8mmVbhc3x6/GcIkE/RJc1 YwtRzlyWAANHR8xgVZl2gMo64cmPMoRgGiJAn9DoJ+oaU0XgBAr+T60voZ92nO3ALqjz kaIA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=URhzLBNC/huUOSdjfW4UHcZZR7frE2wPUyuM2rfTBtE=; b=uATAn8IY0b+ex262pNACvLrqd7GYJO7GsOM8d0IrSrGN3DQp/c5fvkB7KxfegSZIKx TVNbpl4Ej140FHZUSODWYZZEGOoHd0NLwkrKmRj2jU66htpboQ4c8FsoJUg+vRGhhxbW 91tM2Ym0ypNTdA3YzxyxDo7sbDMnlkDb23u3Wp3e5FeTdggZenHPUe1NzqSaAk6bIAWX jKk3K2pvll0Qqa0gO5gMl/GQRwPcyOqvSJ/8YyrVUbeZ2sufBzk9OpshDg0hzhkxEX9/ 4jp+2qjulB9Nl4NApGkMzPVngT9XsnMSKwaKV1BXoW6UOFRt6jHpJR9B34nt+VvVZfo2 Oujw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUiV2t4Pjbju0FQ+X8DBMM+m7Um8hTHbfPtsHUxS5HxW6timqGzn 61km0i6KgFbvByi5PQo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADKCNb4F1IiOlz+8W0EXYRlOK15NB8p3m1NGFbrNT9chSCsw5rTHK+vgQpoxfDFfSSoa0aXcKFXeFQ== X-Received: by 10.99.186.3 with SMTP id k3mr26381026pgf.149.1505538051698; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unique-pc ([14.102.72.146]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id q73sm5306367pfl.147.2017.09.15.22.00.48 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:00:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1505538043.21890.4.camel@gmail.com> Subject: Are the 'How to' documents present as man pages? From: Kaartic Sivaraam To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:30:43 +0530 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 3.22.6-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Cyberoam-smtpxy-version: 1.0.6.3 X-Cyberoam-AV-Policy: default X-CTCH-Error: Unable to connect local ctasd Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org I was reading the 'git revert' documentation and found the following line in it, -m parent-number --mainline parent-number ...     See the revert-a-faulty-merge How-To[1] for more details. It says that the 'How-To' is present in the first section of the man page. I tried to access it to get this, $ man 1 revert-a-faulty-merge How-To No manual entry for revert-a-faulty-merge in section 1 No manual entry for How-To in section 1 That made me wonder whether the 'How-To' documents were present as man pages and were installed when git is installed. In case they are, how should I be accessing them? In case they aren't doesn't the above seem misleading? -- Kaartic