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diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index 40d328a4b3..aab5453bbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-help - Display help information about Git SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git help' [-a|--all] [-g|--guide] +'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]] [-g|--guide] [-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND|GUIDE] DESCRIPTION @@ -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. @@ -43,6 +47,15 @@ OPTIONS Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This option overrides any given command or guide name. +--verbose:: + When used with `--all` print description for all recognized + commands. This is the default. + +-c:: +--config:: + List all available configuration variables. This is a short + summary of the list in linkgit:git-config[1]. + -g:: --guides:: Prints a list of useful guides on the standard output. This |