From b3d9888792f220f4c1e72953874484a0cf0575fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Couder Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:42:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: user-manual: add information about "git help" at the beginning Talking about "git help" is useful because it has a few more features (like when using it without arguments or with "-a") and it may work on non unix like platforms. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 645d752c5..c0d8caf46 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. -- 2.26.2