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Fri, 9 Oct 2026 04:24:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: AtO8Ija5835R Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:24:39 +0200 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "D. Ben Knoble" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Junio C Hamano" , "Patrick Steinhardt" Message-Id: <61c7c9c0-5a78-4e47-82d5-f44965f07d2e@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] doc: BreakingChanges: transform to a manpage Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 8, 2026, at 21:46, D. Ben Knoble wrote: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:38=E2=80=AFPM wrote: >> >> From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk >> >> 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=E2=80=99s handy. Thanks! I wonder why `git help help` has nothing to say about =E2=80=9Chtml-path= =E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Chtml path=E2=80=9D. >[snip]