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Subject: Re: Suggestion: "man git clone"
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Peter Valdemar M=C3=B8rch (Lists) wrote:
>>
>> Sorry man that behaviour is the way "man" works. See "man man".
>>
>>   $ git clone --help
>> or
>>   $ git help clone
>>
>> work right?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> P.S: man, there are puns in that...
>=20
> I know that that is the way "man" currently works.
>=20
> I doubt you find *anyone* who relies on the current behaviour, so I a=
m=20
> suggesting changing man.  That's why the man author was on the recipi=
ent=20
> list, but you removed it.

Actually, the current "man" behavior is very convenient when  you want=20
to lookup multiple things. And *I* do use that feature.