git-help.txt: document "git help cmd" vs "git cmd --help" for aliases
This documents the existing behaviour of "git help cmd" when cmd is an alias, as well as providing a hint to use the "git cmd --help" form to be taken directly to the man page for the aliased command. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rv@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ guide is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this
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purpose, but this can be overridden by other options or configuration
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variables.
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+If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on
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+standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use
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+`git COMMAND --help`.
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Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the
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former is internally converted into the latter.
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