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diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 83d25d825a..86a6b42345 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ guide is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this can be overridden by other options or configuration variables. +If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on +standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use +`git COMMAND --help`. + Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the former is internally converted into the latter. |