On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:58 PM Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> wrote: > I personally find "help -av" a bit too loud to my taste than plain > "-a", and more importantly, I look at "help -a" primarily to check > the last section "avaialble from elsewhere on your $PATH" to find > things like "clang-format", which I do not think is available > anywhere in "help -av", so I do not think "-av" can be promoted as > an upward-compatible replacement in its current form.
Yep. I also thought "help -a" was denser but wasn't sure if it actually helps or not. Whenever I look at that block of commands, I end up searching anyway. For my use case, "help -a" could be better served with something like "git apropos". I think adding another section about external commands in "help -av" would address the "clang-format" stuff. With that, it's probably good enough to completely replace "help -a". It may also be good to list aliases there too in a separate section so you have "all you can type" in one (big) list. -- Duy
