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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Support "git cmd --help" syntax
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:07:21 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0604151402470.3701@g5.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vsloeef0k.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Sat, 15 Apr 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> Tried "git commit --help" with and without the patch?

I get a usage message without the patch.

With the patch, I get the man-page.

IOW, I don't see your point.

I'd have expected that to be an improvement. You can always get the usage 
message with "git commit --huh?", so it's not like you've lost anything.

Now, if you have _not_ done

	make prefix=/usr/share install-doc

or similar, then yes, you get something less than helpful (along the lines 
of "No manual entry for git-commit"), and I agree that we could/should 
improve on that somehow. 

			Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2006-04-15 21:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-15 18:13 Support "git cmd --help" syntax Linus Torvalds
2006-04-15 20:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-04-15 21:07   ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2006-04-16  1:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2006-04-19 21:40     ` Jakub Narebski

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