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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git alias and --help
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Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

> Another small detail:
>=20
> Let's assume I have following alias:
>=20
> log =3D log --name-status
>=20
>=20
> In this case I directly get the help text for git log
> if I typed 'git log --help' (or 'git help log').
> I don't even see, that my log is in reality aliased.

That is because it doesn't work: git does not allow for aliasing its
built-in commands.

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Jakub Nar=EAbski