Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-19 Thread Philip Oakley
From: "Junio C Hamano" "Philip Oakley" writes: The `git revisions --help` does work ;-) Not anymore ;-) I think Ralf Thielow fixed it recently. hmm, I sort of though it would still work with a valid guide. I'd only checked with my last GfW version. -- hey ho Philip

Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-19 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Philip Oakley" writes: > The `git revisions --help` does work ;-) Not anymore ;-) I think Ralf Thielow fixed it recently.

Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-18 Thread Philip Oakley
From: "Jakub Narębski" W dniu 17.09.2016 o 20:39, Fredrik Gustafsson pisze: On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote: $ git help $ git --help $ man git- I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent. While I'm not able to answer your question, I can shred a li

Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-18 Thread Jakub Narębski
W dniu 17.09.2016 o 20:39, Fredrik Gustafsson pisze: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote: >> $ git help >> $ git --help >> $ man git- >> >> I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent. > > While I'm not able to answer your question, I can shred a little light

Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-17 Thread Christian Couder
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Fredrik Gustafsson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote: >> $ git help >> $ git --help >> $ man git- >> >> I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent. Maybe it will be easier to understand if you try: $ git help help

Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-17 Thread Philip Oakley
From: "Fredrik Gustafsson" On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote: $ git help $ git --help $ man git- I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent. It is (IIUC) in a general sort of way "by design", and a little bit of accident. While I'm not able to answ

Re: Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-17 Thread Fredrik Gustafsson
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 01:47:52PM -0400, Andrew Johnson wrote: > $ git help > $ git --help > $ man git- > > I tested all three to confirm they were equivalent. While I'm not able to answer your question, I can shred a little light about them not being equal. For example using a windows machine

Why are there multiple ways to get the manual in Git?

2016-09-17 Thread Andrew Johnson
Hi, I was curious as to why the developers of Git decided to have three methods to get the manual for a verb. I am a developer who strives to understand Git to its fullest extent, and will share any information given on this question. While reading Pro Git 2nd Ed. I came across these three method