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Hamano's message of "Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:40:59 -0800") References: Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:56:47 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Junio C Hamano writes: > In other words, "An external command" is not the issue. Some people > living in a man-less land is. Another is that a user with access to "man" may prefer "html" (with "git help -w" or "help.format"). So this is only ... > ... for the ref syntax rules and refers to the man(1) command, > which may not be available on some platforms. Refer to 'git > help' instead. ... half a story. ... which may not be available on some platforms, or which the user may prefer less. Refer to 'git help' instead.