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From: Michael Gaber <Michael.Gaber@gmx.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: some git-commands --help don't act like git commands --help
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:48:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49589CD7.4070104@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081229175305.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>

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Nanako Shiraishi schrieb:
> Quoting jidanni@jidanni.org:
> 
>> Hmmm, some git-commands --help act just like git commands --help,
>> $ git commit --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 336
>> $ git-commit --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 336
>>
>> But others don't
>> $ git am --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 152
>> $ git-am --help 2>&1|wc -l
>> 19
> 
> Thank you for your observation; what do you want to do about it?
> 
> Are you complaining that some commands do not have customized description that is not as long as the full manual page but not as terse as the short help "-h" output? Or are you complaining some other commands do not give you full manual pages for "--help"?
> 

I think he just wantet to state that the output of git-command --help
and git command --help should be identical as the both do the same
thing, don't they?

Regards Michael

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-29  9:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-29  6:25 some git-commands --help don't act like git commands --help jidanni
2008-12-29  8:53 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2008-12-29  9:48   ` Michael Gaber [this message]
2008-12-29  9:54   ` Junio C Hamano
2008-12-29 19:37     ` "git-whatever" the new style vs. "git whatever"? jidanni
2008-12-29 20:47       ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2008-12-29 21:27         ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-12-29 22:22           ` jidanni
2008-12-29 23:19           ` jidanni
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2008-12-29 10:29 some git-commands --help don't act like git commands --help Nanako Shiraishi

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