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Subject: Re: Support "git cmd --help" syntax
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> However, as anybody who has ever used CVS or some similar devil-spawn 
> program, it's confusing as h*ll when options before the sub-command act 
> differently from options after the sub-command, so this quick hack just 
> makes it acceptable to do "git cmd --help" instead, and get the exact same 
> result.
>
> It may be hacky, but it's simple and does the trick.

Tried "git commit --help" with and without the patch?

I am not sure if we want to "help" migrants from CVS or some
similar program by shooting ourselves in the foot.