Hello, wondering why "git log --help" does not work, I thought that maybe there was a different doc output. But the man pages are actually hidden in a separate package called "git-manpages". This is surprising for the user. Also, the resulting package is quite small with only 2.3 MB.
The reason for the separate package is given as this: ;; Granted, we could build the man pages from the 'git' package itself, ;; which contains the real source. However, it would add a dependency on a ;; full XML tool chain, and building it actually takes ages. So we use this ;; lazy approach. Building will most of the time happen on the build farm, so the time it takes should not be an issue. I suppose that the xml tool chain will only be a native and not a normal input, so it should not be too much of a problem. I suggest to include the man pages into the git package itself. If building them is a real issue, adding a source and the build phase of git-manpages to the git package itself could also be an option. Thanks! Andreas
