X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-help.txt;h=f414583fc48e85e4785fbf5f9431bb81a96ccd9d;hb=0513f241cc2d757371dc7ba6b065366de044862e;hp=bfbba9e235495b0a7e31b4d3ed558bef105ad02d;hpb=2855e70ad11abf7e7f30f975b063bd60d5abdf4f;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index bfbba9e23..f414583fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -23,20 +23,23 @@ 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, but this can be overridden by other options or configuration variables. -Note that 'git --help ...' is identical as 'git help ...' because the +Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the former is internally converted into the latter. OPTIONS ------- --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. @@ -45,7 +48,8 @@ By default the 'man' program will be used to display the manual page, 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. + @@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ man..path You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred man viewer by setting the configuration variable 'man..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..cmd @@ -172,10 +176,10 @@ Written by Junio C Hamano and the git-list Documentation ------------- -Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[7] man page. +Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[1] man page. Christian Couder extracted and rewrote it a little. Maintenance is done by the git-list . GIT --- -Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite