X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fuser-manual.txt;h=9f527d3b2e75df15d3114404f9590f2ba47f41ea;hb=9b3b7fd8072783e2ec20b3cf622713d39b1c8af4;hp=645d752c5c26d8724e8ded0abe1f207bf3ff6854;hpb=c9d8563c815a6a90bcc15057de288684d7cae5ef;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 645d752c5..9f527d3b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -18,12 +18,22 @@ People needing to do actual development will also want to read Further chapters cover more specialized topics. Comprehensive reference documentation is available through the man -pages. For a command such as "git clone ", just use +pages, or linkgit:git-help[1] command. For example, for the command +"git clone ", you can either use: ------------------------------------------------ $ man git-clone ------------------------------------------------ +or: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git help clone +------------------------------------------------ + +With the latter, you can use the manual viewer of your choice; see +linkgit:git-help[1] for more information. + See also <> for a brief overview of git commands, without any explanation. @@ -536,7 +546,7 @@ $ git bisect skip ------------------------------------------------- In this case, though, git may not eventually be able to tell the first -bad one between some first skipped commits and a latter bad commit. +bad one between some first skipped commits and a later bad commit. There are also ways to automate the bisecting process if you have a test script that can tell a good from a bad commit. See @@ -4562,4 +4572,3 @@ Alternates, clone -reference, etc. More on recovery from repository corruption. See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=117263864820799&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=117147855503798&w=2 - http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=117147855503798&w=2