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From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git help: promote 'git help -av'
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:37:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180928023724.GA89283@syl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8t3omam8.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:28:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Here's the patch that adds that external commands and aliases
> > sections. I feel that external commands section is definitely good to
> > have even if we don't replace "help -a". Aliases are more
> > subjective...
>
> I didn't apply this (so I didn't try running it), but a quick
> eyeballing tells me that the listing of external commands in -av
> output done in this patch seems reasonable.
>
> I do not think removing "-v" and making the current "help -a" output
> unavailable is a wise idea, though.

I think that your point about having to react in a split-second in order
to ^C before we open the manual page for a command is a good one. So, I
agree with this.

Thanks,
Taylor

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-28  2:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-22 17:47 [PATCH] git help: promote 'git help -av' Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-09-22 19:29 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-23  6:51   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-24 18:19 ` Jeff King
2018-09-24 20:20   ` Taylor Blau
2018-09-24 20:30     ` Jeff King
2018-09-24 20:58   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-25 15:15     ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-25 17:44       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-25 20:54         ` Jeff King
2018-09-26 16:18           ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-26 17:25             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-26 17:28         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-28  2:37           ` Taylor Blau [this message]
2018-09-28 16:30             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-28 17:49               ` Taylor Blau
2018-09-29  6:08 ` [PATCH v2] help -a: improve and make --verbose default Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-10-01 18:14   ` Taylor Blau

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