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OPTIONS
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--a|--all::
+-a::
+--all::
Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
option supersedes any other option.
--i|--info::
+-i::
+--info::
Display manual page for the command in the 'info' format. The
'info' program will be used for that purpose.
--m|--man::
+-m::
+--man::
Display manual page for the command in the 'man' format. This
option may be used to override a value set in the
'help.format' configuration variable.
but the 'man.viewer' configuration variable may be used to choose
other display programs (see below).
--w|--web::
+-w::
+--web::
Display manual page for the command in the 'web' (HTML)
format. A web browser will be used for that purpose.
+
The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable
'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of
-these config variables is set, the 'git-web--browse' helper script
-(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default. See
+these config variables is set, the `git-web--browse` helper script
+(called by `git-help`) will pick a suitable default. See
linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
If no command line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration
variable will be checked. The following values are supported for this
-variable; they make 'git-help' behave as their corresponding command
+variable; they make `git-help` behave as their corresponding command
line option:
* "man" corresponds to '-m|--man',
You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred man viewer by
setting the configuration variable 'man.<tool>.path'. For example, you
can configure the absolute path to konqueror by setting
-'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git help' assumes the tool is
+'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git-help' assumes the tool is
available in PATH.
man.<tool>.cmd
Documentation
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-Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[7] man page.
+Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[1] man page.
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> extracted and rewrote it a
little. Maintenance is done by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite