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From: Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git alias and --help
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:21:15 +0200
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On 10/28/2011 03:27 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Another small detail:
>>
>> Let's assume I have following alias:
>>
>> log = log --name-status
>>
>>
>> In this case I directly get the help text for git log
>> if I typed 'git log --help' (or 'git help log').
>> I don't even see, that my log is in reality aliased.
> 
> That is because it doesn't work: git does not allow for aliasing its
> built-in commands.


Well this explains why.
Thanks