Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] doc: BreakingChanges: transform to a manpage

["Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2026, at 21:46, D. Ben Knoble wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
>>
>> The breaking changes document is not a regular Git documentation page.
>> That means that you cannot navigate to the doc with git(1), i.e. with:
>>
>>     git help BreakingChanges
>>
>> You instead have to download the Git project source. Or go to
>> git-scm.com.[1] Then you get this disclaimer:[2]
>>
>>     This information is specific to the Git project
>>
>>     Please note that this information is only relevant to you if you
>>     plan on contributing to the Git project itself. It is in no shape or
>>     form required reading for regular Git users.
>>
>> But this document is relevant to *all* Git users. Everyone should have
>> as easy access to it as the other doc and guide pages.
>
> Sorry for not mentioning this earlier, but you can (depending on your
> distribution's package?) find the document under "git --html-path" for
> example

That’s handy. Thanks!

I wonder why `git help help` has nothing to say about “html-path” or
“html path”.

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