The "--help" argument is special, in that it is (along with "--version") in that is taken by the "git" program itself rather than the sub-command, and thus we've had the syntax "git --help cmd". However, as anybody who has ever used CVS or some similar devil-spawn program, it's confusing as h*ll when options before the sub-command act differently from options after the sub-command, so this quick hack just makes it acceptable to do "git cmd --help" instead, and get the exact same result. It may be hacky, but it's simple and does the trick. Of course, this does not help if you use one of the non-builtin commands without using the "git" helper. Ie you won't be getting a man-page just because you do "git-rev-list --help". Don't expect us to be quite _that_ helpful. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> --- diff --git a/git.c b/git.c index 78ed403..13c6d51 100644 --- a/git.c +++ b/git.c @@ -411,6 +411,12 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int }; int i; + /* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help cmd" */ + if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) { + argv[1] = argv[0]; + argv[0] = cmd = "help"; + } + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) { struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i; if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd)) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlReceived on Sun Apr 16 04:14:28 2006
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