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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-help.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 5 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index a2255bc55a..232daae0d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-help - display help information about git SYNOPSIS -------- -'git help' [-a|--all] [COMMAND] +'git help' [-a|--all|-i|--info] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ If the option '--all' or '-a' is given, then all available commands are printed on the standard output. If a git command is named, a manual page for that command is brought -up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose. +up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this +can be overriden by other options. Note that 'git --help ...' is identical as 'git help ...' because the former is internally converted into the latter. @@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ OPTIONS Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This option superseeds any other option. +-i|--info:: + Use the 'info' program to display the manual page, instead of + the 'man' program that is used by default. + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and the git-list diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index c4e6fc6494..c4e4d24ea4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ OPTIONS commands. If the option '--all' or '-a' is given then all available commands are printed. If a git command is named this option will bring up the manual page for that command. ++ +Other options are available to control how the manual page is +displayed. See gitlink:git-help[1] for more information, +because 'git --help ...' is converted internally into 'git +help ...'. --exec-path:: Path to wherever your core git programs are installed. |